/fnWEr4voDR1kp0sXZ1WufM7j2Qp.jpg
Drama

Loveless

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

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.

Release Date : 2017-06-01

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ARTE France CinémaSenator FilmWhy Not ProductionsLes Films du FleuveNon-Stop ProductionsFetisoff Illusion

Production Country : BelgiumFranceGermanyRussia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Maryana Spivak

Character Name : Zhenya

Original Name : Марьяна Спивак

Gender : Female

Aleksey Rozin

Character Name : Boris

Original Name : Алексей Розин

Gender : Male

Matvey Novikov

Character Name : Alyosha

Original Name : Matvey Novikov

Gender : Male

Alexey Fateev

Character Name : Coordinator

Original Name : Алексей Фатеев

Gender : Male

Marina Vasilyeva

Character Name : Masha

Original Name : Марина Васильева

Gender : Female

Andris Keišs

Character Name : Anton

Original Name : Andris Keišs

Gender : Male

Nataliya Potapova

Character Name : Zhenya's Mother

Original Name : Наталия Потапова

Gender : Female

Sergey Borisov

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Сергей Борисов

Gender : Male

Anna Gulyarenko

Character Name : Masha's Mother

Original Name : Анна Гуляренко

Gender : Female

Artyom Zhigulin

Character Name : Kuznetsov

Original Name : Artyom Zhigulin

Gender : Male

Maxim Solopov

Character Name : Kuznetsov's Father

Original Name : Maxim Solopov

Gender : Male

Sergey Badichkin

Character Name : Colleague

Original Name : Сергей Бадичкин

Gender : Male

Tatyana Ryabokon

Character Name : Realtor

Original Name : Татьяна Рябоконь

Gender : Female

Maksim Stoyanov

Character Name : Buyer

Original Name : Максим Стоянов

Gender : Male

Lyubov Sokolinskaya

Character Name : Female Buyer

Original Name : Любовь Соколинская

Gender : Female

Varvara Shmykova

Character Name : Lena

Original Name : Варвара Шмыкова

Gender : Female

Natali Starynkevich

Character Name : Cosmetologist

Original Name : Натали Старынкевич

Gender : Female

Yevgeniya Dmitriyeva

Character Name : Stylist

Original Name : Yevgeniya Dmitriyeva

Gender : Male

Irina Krivonos

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Ирина Кривонос

Gender : Female

Oleg Grisevich

Character Name : Volunteer

Original Name : Олег Грисевич

Gender : Male

Polina Aug

Character Name :

Original Name : Polina Aug

Gender : Female

Sofya Sinitsyna

Character Name : Girl in the Restaurant

Original Name : Софья Синицына

Gender : Female

Sergey Dvoynikov

Character Name : Ivan

Original Name : Сергей Двойников

Gender : Male

Dmitry Faynshteyn

Character Name : Volunteer

Original Name : Dmitry Faynshteyn

Gender : Male

Artem Manukyan

Character Name :

Original Name : Артём Покровский

Gender : Male

Natalia Vinokurova

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : Natalia Vinokurova

Gender : Female

Nikolay Starodubtsev

Character Name : Volunteer

Original Name : Nikolay Starodubtsev

Gender : Male

Sergey Karyakin

Character Name : Search and Rescue Squad

Original Name : Сергей Карякин

Gender : Male

Konstantin Telegin

Character Name : Search and Rescue Squad

Original Name : Константин Телегин

Gender : Male

Asya Domskaya

Character Name : Restaurant Girl

Original Name : Asya Domskaya

Gender : Female

Anna Soloveychik

Character Name : Restaurant Girl

Original Name : Anna Soloveychik

Gender : Female

Yanina Hope

Character Name : Restaurant Girl

Original Name : Yanina Hope

Gender : Male

Anastasiya Stezhko

Character Name : Restaurant Girl

Original Name : Анастасия Стежко

Gender : Female

Eugenia Khrapovitskaya

Character Name : Restaurant Girl

Original Name : Eugenia Khrapovitskaya

Gender : Male

Tatyana Khramova

Character Name : Sofia

Original Name : Татьяна Храмова

Gender : Female

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Character Name : Asking Man (voice)

Original Name : Владимир Вдовиченков

Gender : Male

Sergey Kaplunov

Character Name :

Original Name : Сергей Каплунов

Gender : Male

Alyanura Tretyakova

Character Name :

Original Name : Альянура Третьякова

Gender : Female

Mariya Korovina

Character Name :

Original Name : Mariya Korovina

Gender : Male

Evgeniya Shipova

Character Name :

Original Name : Евгения Шипова

Gender : Female

Tatyana Moshkova

Character Name :

Original Name : Tatyana Moshkova

Gender : Female

Viktor Ryabov

Character Name :

Original Name : Виктор Рябов

Gender : Male

Gennady Greznev

Character Name : Office Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Gennady Greznev

Gender : Male

Lucien Lyubimova

Character Name : Search and Rescue Squad

Original Name : Lucien Lyubimova

Gender : Female

Daria Pisareva

Character Name :

Original Name : Daria Pisareva

Gender : Female

Marina Donets

Character Name :

Original Name : Marina Donets

Gender : Female

Oleg Nevezhin

Character Name :

Original Name : Oleg Nevezhin

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-15

"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?