Year 2014 Theatrical Release 2014-12-31 Video Release 2015-05-19 Studio Sony Pictures Classics Genre Drama MPAA Rating R CARA violence, language and brief sexuality Color Color Runtime 90 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis From Andrey Zvyagintsev, the acclaimed director of The Return Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner and Golden Globe nominee . Kolia Alexey Serebryakov lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya Elena Liadova and his son Roma Sergey Pokhodaev from a previous marriage. The town's corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat Roman Madianov is determined to take away his business, his house, as well as his land. First the Mayor tries buying off Kolia, but Kolia unflinchingly fights as hard as he can so as not to lose everything he owns including the beauty that has surrounded him from the day he was born. Facing resistance, the mayor starts being more aggressive. Director Andrey Zvyagintsev Cast Andrey Zvyagintsev; Elena Lyadova; Vladimir Vdovichenkov; Aleksey Serebryakov