Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev has produced another masterpiece in this apocalyptic study of a failed marriage and the subsequent disappearance of a child. ★★★★★ – The Guardian
The latest from the director of Leviathan profiles a family torn apart by a vicious divorce, in which the parents are more interested in starting their lives over with new partners than tending to their 12-year-old son.
Among the snowy high-rises of modern Moscow lives stocky salesman Boris and Zhenya, a youthful salon owner. Having migrated to shiny new partners, the couple’s relationship is coming to a bitter end and the fate of their 12-year-old son Alyosha is the last thing on their minds. When Alyosha goes missing without a trace, his parents can barely grieve in unison.
This pristine and merciless new film begins out in the cold, and its temperature just keeps dropping from there. ★★★★★ – The Telegraph
Living in Russia is like being in a minefield. – Read The Guardian interview with the director
LOVELESS – Nelyubov
Russia, 2018 | Language: Russian | 127 minutes | Cert: CLUB
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Maryaha Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Varvara Shmykova