Instead of focusing on political corruption, indie drama Loveless takes a long look at the cold heart of the director’s homeland.
Boris and Zhenya (Alexey Rozin and Maryana Spivak) are a middle-class Moscow couple who are going through a very bitter divorce.
One night their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matey Novikov) overhears them argue over who will be left with the kid neither of them wants.
A heartbreaking shot of the boy leaves us in no doubt of the deep wound left by this single conversation.
Two days will pass before either parent realises he has disappeared.
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A more optimistic film would have the couple forge a fresh bond over their missing son.
This is not that film. Here empathy is a half-remembered relic, like the ruined communist buildings that the efficient and vaguely militaristic search party investigate.
As old Russia rots, a replacement is being built. We hear about new churches, attacks in Ukraine and fundamentalist bosses who hire and fire with religious zeal. It’s a grim film and a chilling one. Russia’s most famous director is skating on thin ice.