There were many things I wanted to ask Andrey Zvyagintsev about the unspoken secrets his film "The Return" is full of. But then again, if he wanted us to know all the answers, he would have put them in there in the first place. So rather than ruin it for you, I got the 40-year-old actor-turned-director to dance around the big questions . . .
I heard that the original script was more like a normal Hollywood thriller. How did you alter it?
It's like when you're buying a suit; if the pants are too long, and the waist is too wide, you have it tailored to fit your size, so it looks good on you. It's like that with the script.