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The Return (Russia) 2003 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday's Finest)

A defining feature of is its heavy use of Christian and biblical symbolism , most notably a direct visual reference to Andrea Mantegna's painting Lamentation over the Dead Christ . The Return (2003)

: The film captures the vast, desolate Russian landscape of Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland through meticulous, atmospheric cinematography by Mikhail Krichman . The Return (Russia) 2003 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday's