Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan: The Unbearable State of Nature
Journal: Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej
Year: 2021

Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev is a movie that depicts the world in a state of nature, with no prospects for creating a Hobbesian social contract. Set in the Russian peripheries, the film depicts a respected and caring family man who is gradually deprived of everything because of lack of political order with enforceable law and justice. The movie is a depiction of a contemporary “failed state”, equalized with the state of nature, where there is no legitimate power and violence remains the only