Russia’s Zvyagintsev says war theme in his Cannes entry ‘Minotaur’ was matter of fate

CANNES, France: Fate dictated that Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s first feature since leaving his homeland, “Minotaur” — competing at the Cannes Film Festival — was set during the Ukraine war, he told journalists on Wednesday. The director said the idea to adapt French director Claude Chabrol’s 1969 marital drama “La Femme Infidele” came to him soon after his previous Cannes entry, “Loveless,” was released nearly a decade ago. Zvyagintsev said he found what he described as a gap in the original’s lack of focus on the protagonist’s ‌work life.

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