Minotaur

Minotaur

Morality is a maze.

2026 · 135 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller

When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures, an increasingly unstable world, and the discovery of his wife's affair, the collapse of his carefully ordered life accelerates toward violence.

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev · Written by Simon Liashenko

In theaters Oct 14, 2026

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