The Return Comments

  • Ettie 2023-04-29 17:16:51

    The director has been teaching...

  • Kassandra 2023-04-16 16:50:54

    8/10. Beautiful and clean metaphors that elevate the story to mythological heights: "He came" mode, the Bible (rebirth in seven days), the dead bird on the lawn, the iron tower (from which the father fell); Creation direction, traverse and pull back, bonfire ring shot, eye movement mirror, close-up character out of focus, etc. Rich lens language. Forced patriarchy and children who are moving towards independence/democracy, the "Dad" who drowned in the lake is reluctant to give...

  • Jane 2023-04-06 09:24:16

    The extreme father-son love after 12 years, the unexpected ending of the father's love missing and...

  • Thea 2023-04-02 08:52:04

    I think my father can be strict but not...

  • Zola 2023-04-01 02:43:35

    The last thirty minutes were so beautiful that it was suffocating, turning the long dullness into poetry. I understand this burst of feelings very well, and the eyes of the little boy full of hatred. Although everything about his father has a very strong metaphorical meaning, it is really...

  • Thomas 2023-03-27 23:48:06

    The narrative is completely separated from the background and environment, calm and powerful, and the fable should be shot like...

  • Benedict 2023-03-20 20:17:25

    In the cold and gloomy Russia, neither father and son gave each other a...

  • Braulio 2023-03-16 07:10:54

    I thought about where I saw the extremely cold blue water and sky in the film, and finally I only thought of the night in Henri Rousseau's "Carnival Evening" and "The Sleeping Gypsy", where mystery and life are hidden in silence and flatness, isolated from the world. Natural landscapes are never innocent. Twelve years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the imagination of the father realized the trinity of religion, nationality and kinship. He was so powerful and violent that even if the...

  • Else 2023-02-22 23:25:11

    Political fable, the old tower is...

  • Ibrahim 2023-02-21 02:55:14

    I hope that what I lost in my heart will return to what I first...

Extended Reading

The Return quotes

  • [first lines]

    [on-screen caption: Sunday]

    [boy falls in the water, then floats up]

    Zavodila: Jump as we agreed! Who climbs down the ladder is a cowardly wanker.

    [swims to the shore]

    Boy on Tower: Go on, Vityok. You're next.

  • [last lines]

    Ivan: Look...

    [shows a photo to Andrey]

    Andrey: Hide it.

    [Ivan puts the photo back]

    Ivan: Andrey, my feet are wet.

    Andrey: Take your shoes off.

The Return

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Language: Russian Release date: June 25, 2003