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‘Minotaure’ opens in cinemas in France on 14 October
Minotaure opens in cinemas in France on 14 October.
The film is set in Russia in 2022, as the war begins and military mobilisation intensifies.
Gleb, a successful businessman, lives with his wife, Galina, and their son in a provincial city.
As his work becomes less secure, he suspects Galina is having an affair and uses a private detective to identify her lover.
The strain on their marriage unfolds alongside a country facing war, corruption and uncertainty.
The film links the collapse of Gleb’s carefully built life with the turmoil around him.
It won the Grand Prix at Cannes and was selected to represent France in the Oscars race.
Minotaure opens in cinemas in France on 14 October.
The film is set in Russia in 2022 and follows Gleb, a prosperous business owner facing mounting work problems and the breakdown of his marriage.
Its story links the collapse of a couple’s life with a country at war.
The film was directed by Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev and is a loose adaptation of Claude Chabrol’s La Femme infidèle.
Minotaure won the Grand Prix at Cannes and was selected to represent France in the Oscar race.
- Who
- Minotaure, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev.
- What
- The film opens in French cinemas.
- When
- 14 October; the article was published on 12 October 2026.
- Where
- Cinemas in France; the story is set in Russia.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It had seemed to us that the catastrophe that seized the 20th century would forever protect us from new wars and that humanity had drawn humanist conclusions from it for all time
The film’s story is set in Russia as war breaks out and mobilisation intensifies.
Minotaure is due to open in cinemas in France.
- French cinema release
- 14 October
- Story setting
- Russia, 2022
- Director
- Andrei Zvyagintsev
- Cannes award
- Grand Prix
- Oscar selection
- Chosen to represent France in the Oscar race
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