Return

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 02 06 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 738329035129

Studio: Kino

Summary: Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev makes his feature-film debut with the bleak psychological drama Vozvrashchenie (The Return). Younger brother Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) and older brother Andrei (Vladimir Garin) live in a small town with their mother (Natalya Vdovina). One summer, the brothers are surprised by the arrival of their long-lost absent father (Konstantin Lavronenko). Although the boys only know him from an old photograph, he still orders them to accompany him on a fishing trip. The stern father then puts his two sons through a series of endurance tests. Doting Andrei is quick to cooperate, while stubborn Ivan is more reluctant to trust him. Ivan wants to know where he's been and what he's up to. After they travel by boat to a deserted island, the father gets even more mysterious. The Return won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 2003. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Foreign Language Film – null Golden Lion – Venice International Film Festival Luigi De Laurentiis Award for First Film – Venice International Film Festival Best Foreign Language Film – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – Sundance Film Festival

Features: The Return: A Film About the Film (2004, 63 min, color)
Theatrical trailer
3 stills galleries
Optional English subtitles
Enhanced for 16x9 TVs

Return

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 10/19/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 106 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Russian

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. A Coward [5:13]
2. Homecoming [5:41]
3. Fishing Trip [6:28]
4. On the Road [4:17]
5. The Hunger [5:59]
6. Crime & Punish [5:19]
7. Suspicion [8:30]
8. All Wet [7:21]
9. Stuck [3:33]
10. An Island [5:01]
11. Ashore [4:26]
12. The Tower [5:31]
13. Why Me? [3:37]
14. Worms [4:13]
15. Tardiness [4:49]
16. I'll Jump [7:21]
17. Heading Back [7:03]
18. Dad! [11:20]
1. Beginnings [6:43]
2. Casting the Roles [5:49]
3. The Cameraman [5:42]
4. Music [3:41]
5. The Photographs [3:43]
6. Overcoming Difficulties [4:38]
7. The Crew [5:38]
8. On the Bridge; in the House [5:27]
9. The Tent; the Fall [5:55]
10. Deleted Scenes [3:12]
11. Volodya Garin (Andrey) [:04]
12. Epilogue [12:50]

Cast and Crew: Galina Petrova  Actor 
Vladimir Mosienko  Screenwriter 
Andrei Zvyagintsev  Director 
Dmitri Lesnevsky  Producer 
Elena Kovaleva  Executive Producer 
Alexandre Novototsky  Screenwriter 
Andrei Dergache  Composer (Music Score) 
Ivan Dobronravov  Actor 
Vladimir Garin  Actor 
Konstantin Lavronenko  Actor 
Natalya Vdovina  Actor 

Country: Russia