Andrey Zvyagintsev

Some of his favorite films are L'avventura (1960), La notte (1961), L'eclisse (1962), Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972), Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956), Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951), Smultronstället (1957), Höstsonaten (1978), Andrey Rublyov (1966), The Mirror (1975), Ordet (1955), L'enfant (2005), Husbands (1970), Les amants (1958), Woman in the Dunes (1964), Proverka na dorogakh (1986), Giorgobistve (1966), Seven Samurai (1954), Ma nuit chez Maud (1969), Breaking the Waves (1996), Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009), Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Alice in den Städten (1974), and Bicycle Thieves (1948).

As an art-house director I am supposed to hate mainstream films but I saw Peter Jackson's किंग काँग (2005) and liked it. I even cried when I was watching it although in my opinion this film has no artistic value at all.