Set in a small town on the Barents Sea, Leviathan shows that there is no escape, not even in the Arctic, from the Moscow-centric state and its hypocritical doppelganger, the Orthodox Church. The giant skeleton of a whale – possibly Leviathan itself – is beached on the shoreline, along with the carcasses of old boats, beneath a severe gray sky that frames a human landscape of political abuse, adultery, lawlessness, and the cynicism of all-powerful priests.
《利维坦》场景设在一个巴伦支海滨小镇，影片表现出哪怕你身处北冰洋，也无法摆脱这个以莫斯科为中心的国家及其伪善的幽灵——东正教会。一副巨大的鲸鱼骸骨——也许是利维坦本身——搁浅在海岸，周围是各种旧船残骸，而阴沉的天色营造出一种政治迫害、通奸、无法和全能牧师的犬儒主义的人文环境。