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Minotaur (2026)

Minotaur poster
Original title
Minotaure
Directed by
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Genre
drama film, political thriller film
Country
Germany, Latvia, France
Runtime
2h 15m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A business executive named Gleb finds out his wife Galina has been unfaithful. This happens against the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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What happens

Minotaur (Russian: Минотавр) is a 2026 political thriller drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, co-written with Simon Liashenko and based on the 1969 French film The Unfaithful Wife by Claude Chabrol. In the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian war, broken business executive Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov) discovers his wife Galina (Iris Lebedeva) has been unfaithful. The film had its world premiere in Competition at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2026, where it won the Grand Prix and Cannes Soundtrack Award. It will be theatrically released in France by Les Films du Losange on 14 October. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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