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Cannes Grand Prix Winner Andrey Zvyagintsev Makes use of Acceptance Speech to Handle Putin: ‘Put an End to This Carnage’

Standing on the Cannes podium Saturday night time to gather the Grand Prix for “Minotaur,” exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev used his acceptance speech to subject a direct, private plea to Vladimir Putin to carry the struggle to an finish. Set in Russia in 2022, “Minotaur” follows Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov), a profitable firm director whose […]