Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute

Nelyubov (Original title)Нелюбовь (Original title)Loveless (Alternative title)Nellubov (Help search title)
Date: 2017 (Copyright)

Countries: Russian Federation, France, Germany, Belgium

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Synopsis: Boris and Zhenya, a couple going through a bitter divorce, still reluctantly live together while trying to sell their apartment. They can’t wait to begin anew with their respective lovers and are oblivious to the terrible effect their constant arguments are having on their shy, lonely 12-year-old son Alyosha. When Alyosha suddenly and mysteriously disappears, they have to work together to find their son with the help of the police and a group of volunteers who search for missing children. Faced with bureaucratic apathy and focused on their own romantic, erotic, professional and hedonistic aspirations, the parents are ill-equipped to deal with the loss of their son.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Divorce, Missing persons, Bureaucracy, Russia, Corruption
Releases
Date: 01 June 2017Country: Russian FederationRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 127 mins Dialogue (original): Russian
Date: 09 February 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 127 mins 18 secs - Dialogue (original): Russian / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Altitude Film Entertainment
Date: June 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 127 mins Dialogue (original): Russian / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (40)
©: Non-Stop Production, ©: Fetisoff Illusion, ©: Why Not Productions, ©: Senator Film Produktion, ©: Les Films du Fleuve, ©: Arte France Cinéma, Produced by: Non-Stop Production, In co-production with: Fetisoff Illusion, In co-production with: Why Not Productions, In co-production with: Senator Film Produktion, In co-production with: Les Films du Fleuve, Arte France Cinéma, With support from: Eurimages, With support from: Arte France, With support from: Canal+, With support from: WDR, Ciné+, In association with: Wild Bunch, Executive Producer: Vincent Maraval, Executive Producer: Pascal Caucheteux, Executive Producer: Grégoire Sorlat, Executive Producer: Ekaterina Marakulina, Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, Producer: Sergey Melkumov, Producer: Gleb Fetisov, Production Manager: Pavel Gorin, Assistant Director: Asya Gusakova, Casting: Elina Ternyaeva, Screenplay: Oleg Negin, Screenplay: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Director of Photography: Mikhail Krichman, Editor: Anna Mass, Production Designer: Andrey Ponkratov, Costume Designer: Anna Bartuli, Make-up: Galiya Ponomareva, Make-up: Elena Dmitrienko, Music: Evgueni Galperine, Music: Sacha Galperine, Sound: Andrey Dergachev
Cast (8)
Maryana Spivak (Zhenya Sleptsov), Aleksey Rozin (Boris Sleptsov), Matvei Novikov (Alyosha Sleptsov), Alexey Fateev (Ivan, co-ordinator), Marina Vasilyeva (Masha), Andris Keiss (Anton), Natalya Potapova (Zhenya's mother), Sergey Borisov (detective)