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Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2026 Festival de Cannes, Minotaur<\/em> is a France-Latvia-Germany co-production, set in Russia, 2022. Adapted from Claude Chabrol\u2019s 1969 French film The Unfaithful Wife<\/em>, the story follows corporate executive Gleb as he finds himself under siege on all fronts: haunted by suspicions that his wife is unfaithful and facing a demand to draft a quota of employees for war. Though desperate to keep his hands clean, his struggle to reassert control accelerates toward violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Russia\u2019s most acclaimed contemporary filmmakers, Andrey Zvyagintsev is known for films including The Return<\/em> (2003), which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival; Leviathan<\/em> (2014), which received the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, won the Best Screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award; and Loveless<\/em> (2017), winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minotaur<\/em>\u00a0will have its New York premiere as part of the Main Slate of the 64th New York Film Festival<\/a>, running from September 25 to October 12. The film, distributed by MUBI, will be in theaters nationwide on November 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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