Review of Loveless (2017) by Netflic — 02 Mar 2018
This is the latest drama from famed Russian director Zvyagintsev.
The plot is relatively simple: a divorcing couple decides to start their own lives anew. Neither the father nor the mother plan to include their only 12-year old son ontoThis is the latest drama from famed Russian director Zvyagintsev.
The plot is relatively simple: a divorcing couple decides to start their own lives anew.
Neither the father nor the mother plan to include their only 12-year old son onto their future lives. He finds our that his destiny is a boarding school and decides to disappear.
Through this personal story Zvyagintsev managed to show that the the whole governing structure of society is deeply sick. It produces parents who lack inner kindness, and it becomes hereditary. They do not have feelings toward each other and toward their children, and their children fall into the same trap.
A group of volunteers who keep looking for the boy after police refused to do it, is shown as competent, compassionate people, so drastically different from police.
Last scene where the mother trains in Russian Olympian uniform is symbolic of modern Russia that is cold, harsh, devastating, loveless.
It starts at the top with Russia's foreign policy and descends all the way through to citizens' lives.
Similar to his previous film "Leviathan", this film is a verdict to the regime but on a very different level yet done as masterfully.
With this film Andrey Zvyagintsev once again proved that he is the best contemporary Russian film director.
Must See.
This review of Loveless (2017) was written by Netflic on 02 Mar 2018.
Loveless has generally received very positive reviews.
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