Minotaur

Minotaur (Russian: Минотавр) is a 2026 Russian-language political thriller drama film directed and edited by Andrey Zvyagintsev, co-written with Simon Liashenko and based on the 1969 French film The Unfaithful Wife by Claude Chabrol. A co-production of France, Latvia, and Germany, set in the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian war, it follows broken business executive Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov), as he discovers his wife Galina (Iris Lebedeva) has been unfaithful. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2026, where it won the Grand Prix and Cannes Soundtrack Award. It was theatrically released in France by Les Films du Losange on 14 October. Minotaur was met with critical acclaim. It was also selected as the French entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.