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Loveless

Movie · 2017 · 128 min

A cold, unsparing plunge into a broken family, leaving you hollowed out and haunted by its quiet cruelty.

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2017 film by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Year
2017
Runtime
128 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Written by
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin
Starring
Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Maryana Spivak, Andris Keišs, Yevgeniya Dmitriyeva, Aleksey Rozin
Music
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Cinematography
Mikhail Krichman
Runtime
128 min
Country
Belgium, France, Russia, Germany
Languages
Russian

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