Loveless

Name: Loveless
Genre: Drama
Released: December 1, 2017
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Aleksey Fateev, Aleksey Rozin, Anastasiya Stezhko, Andris Keiss, Anna Gulyarenko

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| Release Date: December 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Aleksey Fateev, Aleksey Rozin, Anastasiya Stezhko, Andris Keiss, Anna Gulyarenko, Artyom Zhigulin, Daria Pisareva, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Marina Vasileva, Marina Vasilyeva, Maryana Spivak, Matvey Novikov, Maxim Stoianov, Natalya Potapova, Polina Aug, Sergei Borisov, Varvara Shmykova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Yanina Hope

Summary: 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, AlyoshaZhenya 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.… Expand

Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 127 min

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Calvin Wilson

Mar 8, 2018

These days, every other film seems to be an audition to make a Marvel movie — but not Loveless. This is cinema of the first order. Read full review

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

May 27, 2017

The script, co-written by Zvyagintsev and his regular collaborator Oleg Negin, scrupulously extends to each of its characters the dignity of complexity, and both excellent leads repay the favour tenfold, investing what could have easily been petit-bourgeois caricatures – the preening shrew, the oafish office drone – with riveting sincerity and nuance. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 15, 2018

Marriages have been used before as prisms of a wider critique. But Loveless has a careful alchemy of psychological acuity and societal insight that imbues nearly every shot (a close-up of a face, an epic vista, a tension-filled pan) with a gathering insight into the ripple effects of turning private miseries into petty wars. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Feb 14, 2018

One feels in the film's punishing bleakness a yearning for transcendence. Read full review

Jordan Farley

Feb 6, 2018

This chilly thriller is another highly accomplished feature to add to a formidable body of work. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Feb 22, 2018

This is a film that’s likely to stick with you because of its exceptional intensity. You may find yourself wondering, long after the credits roll, what on Earth is in store for Boris’ unborn child? Read full review

The Film Stage Giovanni Marchini Camia

May 27, 2017

Although Leviathan, Zvyagintsev’s previous and far-superior effort, was hardly a masterclass in nuance, a palpable sense of empathy and flashes of humor largely compensated for its lack of subtlety. These are sorely lacking in Loveless. Read full review

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PatrickSousa

Dec 1, 2017

Everything in this movie is AWESOME. Wonderful screenplay, beautiful cinematography and great interpretations. Besides technical issues, this movie has a lot to offer, this movie send a beautiful message of how things can be ruined when you are loveless with someone you supposed to love.Everything in this movie is AWESOME. Wonderful screenplay, beautiful cinematography and great interpretations. Besides technical issues, this movie has a lot to offer, this movie send a beautiful message of how things can be ruined when you are loveless with someone you supposed to love. It's not exactly an easy movie to watch, you'll probably feel like a s**t at the end.… Expand

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Tchaikovsky

Feb 2, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The is a another masterpiece of Andrei Svyangitzev. The plot its exelent, the characthers very well developed, atmosphera perfect, the camera, photograpthy, the details of every ecenes. extremelly dramatic story and film. Andrei Svyagintzev its an outstanding russian director who reflects on his films the decadency of a nation and society with his social and moral descomposition,… Expand

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skobb

Mar 24, 2018

I thought this was a terrific movie, and would recommend it to you, but you have to be prepared for what you're going to get. The story, direction, and acting are excellent, but it moves very slowly. Normally, I like a much faster-paced show, but -- for some reason -- I resonated with thisI thought this was a terrific movie, and would recommend it to you, but you have to be prepared for what you're going to get. The story, direction, and acting are excellent, but it moves very slowly. Normally, I like a much faster-paced show, but -- for some reason -- I resonated with this portrayal of a messed-up family dynamic. I also enjoyed my brief glimpse of what life might be like in contemporary Russia.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Apr 11, 2018

It was mentioned before the start of the film what it was like to live today in a society without love but in a certain way after watching the film I wonder if is really about that, regardless of whether that's the title of the film.

Undoubtedly there is hatred, disgust, indifference,It was mentioned before the start of the film what it was like to live today in a society without love but in a certain way after watching the film I wonder if is really about that, regardless of whether that's the title of the film.

Undoubtedly there is hatred, disgust, indifference, selfishness, apathy, contempt, disaffection, coldness, annoyance and eventually oblivion and everything involves adults, people who are supposed to be acting with at least some trace of maturity.

But as the film makes clear, the two people involved as parents hated each other so much they sought to follow different paths and on the way they forgot the most defenseless and least guilty person and in my opinion the one who ended up paying the highest price.

Dark, provocative, it doesn't have a happy ending, this is not a happy film in any sense and maybe some people will find it oppressive but it is an excellent film, beautifully filmed and even though in some moments I wasn't very happy with the rhythm of the narrative the story is so absorbing for you to skip that detail.

Tremendously recommended.… Expand

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luis_pineda10

Nov 3, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Filmmakers around the world has always recreated cinema in their own way, contrasting with the films made in Hollywood, that in a certain point become the same, that is to say, are made with the same "mold". The foreign cinema, specially from Europe, America and Asia has acquired his own identity, but with pass of time we can say that this films are made with the same "mold", but obviously, one different from Hollywood's.

I think no one can deny the much contributions that Hollywood has made to cinema, since the beginning of this art they have improved the way we watch and consume movies and how these are made. This have its consequence, the over exploitation of films, especially of a specific genre; in the 50's were the musicals and now are the super-heroes movies but international filmmakers (and from Hollywood itself too) always find another way to tell a story. In 20's were the Russians and Germans, then the Italians, with artistic movements that change films forever and then in response to the repetitive stagnation of ideas in Hollywood, the Nouvelle Vague (the "new wave" of french cinema) made his own contribution. They were the beginning of the foreign cinema that now is still alive and for me is better than many of the Hollywood films.

"Nelyubov" represents that, the actual foreign cinema that is the son of that foreign films from the 20th century. This movie sometimes reminds me to movies from Luis Buñuel or Jean-Luc Godard, and a lot to Michael Haneke's "Caché", we can say are similar in some aspects, but I think they seem to be made with the same "model" because they represent the same: the voice that says that the cinema is not only Hollywood.

This movie is incredible, is so beautifully and carefully made; is awesome how it takes his time to express and show how the characters are and what his title means, you see the two main characters and their lack of love, how that transform their lives and most important how it determines another person's life, in this case the boy. After we saw everything about both parents and how they try to find love far from the other (being his son the only link between both) a situation when they need to be together appears.

The film change totally from this point and in the searching of the boy we check that the parents can not be together and we wonder what will happen at the end. I thought they were going to find the boy, it was surprising the end, letting you some questions and reflections. Andrey Zvyagintsev, the director of the films does an spectacular job, it manage very well the rhythm of the movie, that sometimes seems slow but like I said, it takes his time and in the end everything was necessary. The shots, that don't show many movement and the information that the movie gives to the audience is pretty careful.

The cinematography is great, with a tone that shows the coldness and unhappy life of the characters. The music is another aspect to mention, is very good, Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine does an amazing job, and the performances are also amazing, both when they cry, fight or smile (the latter the least we see).

In conclusion, I think this film is one of the best of the year and I expect to see it in the award season that's coming, is well done in every aspect and is part of the current foreign cinema, that pays homage to his predecessors.… Expand

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 24, 2021

This is a good drama, a family drama film. Its a bit slow to build, plot wise but its thoughtful and is the kind of film I imagine a lot of people who have gone through divorce, with kids, can perhaps relate to. However, it does finish with an unanswered question, a bit of a cliffhanger. IThis is a good drama, a family drama film. Its a bit slow to build, plot wise but its thoughtful and is the kind of film I imagine a lot of people who have gone through divorce, with kids, can perhaps relate to. However, it does finish with an unanswered question, a bit of a cliffhanger. I think the viewer can guess whats implied but its not outright confirmed or not (I won't elaborate so as not to provide any spoiler(s)).

It is quite a grim and sober watch and its quite dark in terms of both the themes and the physical lighting present. Overall this is a good film that I'd recommend, yes.… Expand

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Broyax

Jan 2, 2022

Un film psycho-socio-dramatique qui pourrait être tout à fait… et typiquement français ! on y retrouve en effet la lenteur et le néant des enjeux pathétiques d’un pathos social très prononcé (et très dramatique, oui, oui, on l’a compris…) concernant un divorce en cours dont le gamin, filsUn film psycho-socio-dramatique qui pourrait être tout à fait… et typiquement français ! on y retrouve en effet la lenteur et le néant des enjeux pathétiques d’un pathos social très prononcé (et très dramatique, oui, oui, on l’a compris…) concernant un divorce en cours dont le gamin, fils unique, fait évidemment les frais (le pauvre !).

Le futur ex-mari organise déjà sa reconversion (avec une jeune bécasse… déjà en cloque !) et la future ex-épouse de même avec un dégarni de 47 piges… et déjà deux de tension le glandu (environ, le pauvre !… enfin, il a au moins du pognon, je crois.). Et après, il paraît que le gamin disparaît mais je n’ai pas tenu jusque là, loin s’en faut…

Faute de film regardable en effet, difficile de tenir le coup et la distance, car ce machin est russe mais vient surtout d’un réalisateur qui a un et demi de tension ou alors trop de vodka dans le sang pour s’être réveillé à temps…

Ainsi, à l’aune des plus de deux plombes que dure son film d’escargot, le seul intérêt potentiel que l’on pourrait y trouver serait le suivant : le diffuser tous les jours dans les goulags afin que, suffisamment abrutis, les prisonniers ne pensent même plus à s’évader : ils tombent en catalepsie ou entament leur quatrième bouteille de vodka (toujours bien frappée malgré le réchauffement climatique) ou bien ils meurent tout simplement d’ennui !… Expand

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