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Leviathan reviewed by Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode reviews Leviathan. Set in the remote Russian northwest, this is the tragic tale of one man's struggle against a corrupt system of power. Kolya, a part-time mechanic, lives on a rocky shore with his wife and son in a house he built himself. When a local mayor attempts to seize the property through a compulsory purchase order he calls in a lawyer friend from Moscow to help fight his case. But the wheels of justice soon prove to be slow, heavy and quite possibly deadly.

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6 minutes