Loveless (2017)

Loveless: Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. With Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva. A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.

“Loveless is a depressingly profound experience. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt paints the world as it is, not shying away from showing the bitter emptiness, disconnect and sorrow (which we usually choose to ignore) that surrounds our society. The desperate search for happiness, the unbelievable selfishness, lack of compassion and love, as the title suggests, that seperates generations of people in our modern times of self-absorbed(u0026quot;antiu0026quot;)social media. nThe film manages to achive these incredible feats (without being preachy) in its fantastically written and acted multi-layered and complex characters, whom as the story goes on beautifully unravel from just simple despicable people to characters that you understand and by the end sort of empathize with and pity (though not all of them: the character of the father is kind of an exception, heu0026#39;s a bit underdeveloped). Though our main characters represent what is wrong with our society, Loveless manages to keep a hopeful balance showing the good side as well with its selfless side-characters, the search party. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAndrey Zvyagintsevu0026#39;s direction is immaculate, from the beautiful cinematography, with its lingering shots of the dreary Russian winterlands and cityscapes filling you with a sense of melancholy and loneliness, to the authentic writing and the tragic story itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLoveless is a tough watch that challenges the warped values of the 21st century, holding a mirror towards our modern society, still unable to escape the same endless cycle itu0026#39;s always been trapped in. A dour but realistic meditation on humanityu0026#39;s need for love.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e/as schmaltzy or cheesy as this review sounds I assure you the film is the furthest thing from being those things./”