Loveless

"A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis."

2017 2h 2m RU

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★7.3TMDB · 845

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Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.

“A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.”

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Cast

Maryana Spivak
Zhenya
Aleksey Rozin
Boris
Matvey Novikov
Alyosha
Alexey Fateev
Coordinator
Marina Vasilyeva
Masha
Andris Keišs
Anton
Nataliya Potapova
Zhenya's Mother
Sergey Borisov
Police Officer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Writers: Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Languages: Russian
Countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Russia

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Russia.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, shot by Mikhail Krichman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Evgueni Galperine. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Anna Mass shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maryana Spivak and Aleksey Rozin and Matvey Novikov carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6304162 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andrey Zvyagintsev directs. Mikhail Krichman behind the camera. Evgueni Galperine scores. Anna Mass cuts. Produced in Belgium, France, Germany, Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2International production across 4 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Russia.
3Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, shot by Mikhail Krichman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Evgueni Galperine. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Anna Mass shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Maryana Spivak and Aleksey Rozin and Matvey Novikov carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.".
8IMDB entry: tt6304162 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mikhail Krichman
Original score: Evgueni Galperine
Editing: Anna Mass
Production design: Andrey Ponkratov
Costume design: Anna Bartuli
Makeup / hair: Galya Ponomaryova
Stunt coordinator: Sergey Ryabtsev
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,925,992
Original language: RU
IMDB: Loveless (2017)

Awards

European Film Award for Best Composer
European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
César Award for Best Foreign Film

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CinemaSerf2024-05-15
★ 7/10
"Zhenya" (Maryana Spivak) and husband "Boris" (Aleksey Rozin) are in the final throes off their divorce proceedings and boy, can't that come soon enough. Their relationship has become the epitome of toxicity and is seriously stressing out their son "Alyosha" (Matvey Novikov). Not only must he share their small flat with them, but he must also listen to their increasingly caustic conversations that frequently concern him and his custody. I'm not sure his self-obsessed parents realise that he can hear every word and indeed it's probably forty-eight hours before either of them realise that they haven't seen him for a while. They try his friends - of whom he has few, his school and trawl the neighbourhood. All to no avail so the police are called in and the search becomes more urgent. Has he just fled to get some loving affection and attention from his warring parents or is something more sinister afoot? What is curious to start with here is that this couple could ever have loved each other in the first place. He's about as selfish as it's possible to be and she, well she's a pretty ghastly piece of work - a chip off the old block when we meet her equally odious mother (Natalya Potapova). The film doesn't conclude in any traditional sense but the photography in an abandoned building towards the end (part one) offers us quite an allegorical look at that which was once functional and even good is now rotting away through neglect and indifference. The part two of the end takes us forwards a few years and without providing us with answers, does make some suggestions that seem to fit complementarily with the whole bleakness of this analysis of human nature at it's most introspectively angry and egotistical. The acting from the two principles is taut and plausible and the effective depiction of negative energy is potent throughout - even when they need to work together. Aptly titled, then again maybe not entirely?

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