Mammoth by name and mammoth by length, Leviathan charts a man's subjugation by the corrupt mayor of his depressing Russian town. It is a massive film that engulfs you in its gloom. The setting is a seaside town in east Russia, and the overall tone is grey and wintery. The mayor is clearly linked as a Putinist with the President's portrait prominent in his office.
The law is shown to be ineffectual in protecting the individual - no Magna Carta Clause 39 in operation there! - against the overweening power of the state and trumped up/contrived charges.
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