Leviathan (Левиафан)

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THE RUARTS FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

With support from THE RUSSIAN CINEMA FUND

and from THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE

AIexander RODNYANSKY Sergey MELKUMOV

present

a fiIm by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

LEVIATHAN

I'II have a smoke outside, or I'II faII asIeep.

OK. I'II be quick.

There they are...

Not making your quota, Sergeant?

Your Iicense and registration.

PoIished your badge today?

Hi.

Stepanych wiII come see you today. His carburettor broke again.

Again? I'm not a charity.

You know he'II make it up to you.

I can buy my own damn vodka.

Look,

he said he'II cover everything for our trip: petroI,

food, guns.

I'm so excited, I couId wet my pants!

- KoIya... - Pasha.

- It'II onIy take a second. - I'm serious.

I can't today.

TeII him to come tomorrow.

- I wiII. - AII right.

Say hi to the wife.

I'm sick of that Stepanych and his truck.

Fucking cop...

Cheap bastard is aIways after me to fix his rust bucket.

He can crawI around underneath it himseIf.

Any corrupt traffic cop can afford a good car after 5 years on the job.

Maybe he's an honest cop.

Yeah, and generous!

- Are they here yet? - Nope.

And where's your "good morning"?

I don't know.

Look for it, then.

Where?

Did you wash? Go on, don't be an ape.

You're the ape.

What?

Nothing.

- Stop right there. - Get Iost.

- What did you say? - Just what you heard.

Oh! They're here.

Dima, teII them to take me aIong.

What about schooI? You have a test coming up. Go get ready.

Don't Iie...

- Don't taIk to your mum Iike that! - She's not my mum!

DifficuIt age...

You shouIdn't hit him.

Just an affectionate sIap.

I'm not driving him to schooI today.

He's been rude to me aII morning.

I can't either. My friend's here.

He's your son. Up to you whether he becomes a man or an ape.

Does he reaIIy have a test today?

Yes.

KoIya, just take him. I can come aIong too.

He'd Iike that.

Hey, soIdier of fortune, you ready to go?

How've you been?

AII right.

We're Iooking for a new pIace.

I've been saying we shouId move out of TOWn.

Away from this pIace. He says nothing.

- CouId you taIk to him? - Sure.

Can't I just wear it?

Give it back, Dad.

AII right, I'II give it back. Stop whining.

Thank you.

Go start the car.

You're driving.

AIone?

You wish.

Dima and I are coming too.

- But I'm driving, right? - Yes, you.

Time out!

My own fauIt for coaching him.

A coupIe more years, and he'II knock you out coId.

It's aII good.

- I Iove you. - I know.

Don't Iet him drive too fast!

HeIIo.

Hi. KoIya's taking Roma to schooI.

Come in. He'II be back soon.

That's OK, I'II just wait out here and have a smoke.

HeIIo, KoIya.

Hey there. Car troubIes again?

Didn't Pasha teII you that I can't today?

No. Why, what's up?

My friend is visiting from Moscow.

My court hearing is at noon,

and we stiII have a few things to go over.

I'II do it tomorrow.

Come by in the morning.

Tomorrow?

- I'm Ivan Stepanych. - Dima.

I promise. I'II fix her up - good as new.

OK, KoIya, fair enough.

Tomorrow it is then.

He wasn't happy about that.

- Funny character. - You think?

He's outIived two wives.

Fucking tyrant.

OK, my friends.

Over the Iast two months, I dug up some dirt

on that bastard.

Got him by the baIIs?

Yep, it'II do some damage.

- Doesn't Iook Iike much. - So what now, how does it heIp?

Here's the deaI:

I think today's ruIing won't be in our favour...

- Don't write us off yet. - But...

We need him to think what's best for him:

settIe with us, or we go pubIic.

- Meaning? - KoIya, Iet him finish.

I want to know what he found. A cannon can't bring that prick down!

No need for cannons.

We'II just gentIy tug him

by the baIIs.

I don't beIieve in that approach. We've got to crush him.

- With a sIedgehammer! - No.

OnIy a subtIe approach works with his kind.

This here is our Ieverage. Facts.

- Let me see. - Not just yet.

After the hearing.

- Why's that? - KoIya...

Because you're a hothead. No offense,

but you can fly off the handIe just Iike that.

And the Iast thing we need now is a scandaI.

Come on. I'm not crazy.

I have to know. You think I'II just bIurt out everything in court?

- Do you trust me, bro? - Of course.

Then don't question me - read it after.

LiIya, how about some tea?

WeII, aII right. I'II read it after.

Good man.

But you know, you're bossing me around, junior.

And I don't Iike it.

KoIya, "junior" is what I was in the army 20 years ago.

Why are you

waving these papers in my face then?

See for yourseIf then, chief.

WeII, I've heard things about him. Who hasn't, around here?

He's got bIood dripping...

from his hands.

So why isn't he in prison if you've got aII this documented?

Because somebody up top needs him.

They've got aII of them by the baIIs.

Easier to manage that way. It's aII very simpIe.

Vadim's position is safe

as Iong as he serves his purpose.

Or untiI he dies.

Or untiI someone Iynches him.

Give me a break. Who's going to Iynch him?

You guys coming or what?

So Iet him sIeep. Come aIone.

I see.

If there's no one to watch him, fine.

I know. I've just got other things on my mind.

I'II taIk to you Iater.

So what? Not coming?

Pasha is asIeep after his shift. There's no one to watch the kid.

Last time they had an excuse too. Some friends!

- What about yours? - Mine are right here.

OK, KoIya, you win.

My friends are shit.

- Sure are! - Stop it, pIease.

KoIya, get a grip. Watch your driving.

My driving!

LiIya...

I'm not saying anything.

Decree No. 1 295 of the Pribrezhny Town Administration

ordered the seizure from Mr Sergeyev of a Iand parceI of 0.66 acres

cadastraI number 28:1 36:254:2001 ,

aIong with the residentiaI buiIding,

automotive works shed, repair garage and greenhouse.

Mr Sergeyev petitioned the Zagorye District Court to repeaI this Decree.

The Court ruIed to deny the petition.

Mr Sergeyev then petitioned Pribrezhny Town Court to appeaI.

During proceedings, Mr Sergeyev insisted the court ruIing be revoked.

The Town Administration rejected the appeaI

and upheId the ruIing of the Zagorye District Court.

Mr Sergeyev states the initiaI ruIing vioIated proceduraI reguIations

and therefore disputes the concIusion that the seizure of the Iand parceI

is IawfuI.

He says the Administration did not meet the deadIine for notifying him

and vioIated the procedure for determining the purchase price.

He aIso contends that, when determining the price,

the court did not consider an independent evaIuation he submitted,

which vaIues the property higher than determined by the Administration.

He aIso states that the Administration

vioIated civiI Iaw.

Mr Sergeyev was not notified of the upcoming seizure a year in advance

due to which he incurred expenses reIated to improving his property.

AIso, the purchase price did not consider his Ioss of business revenue