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Loveless (2017)

Film

DirectorAndrey Zvyagintsev

Meta takes2

Figures

Objects & symbols

Recurrent motif of smartphone usage

Form & technique

Final scene of Zhenya on the treadmill
Alyosha's silent scream scene

Tropes

Bleak winter landscapes and decaying buildings
The central family unit → National Allegory
The volunteer search group → The State of Exception

Films most connected to Loveless

Brazil (1985) — via The State of Exception
Batman Begins (2005) — via The State of Exception
The Dark Knight (2008) — via The State of Exception
28 Days Later (2002) — via The State of Exception
Farewell My Concubine (1993) — via National Allegory
Armageddon (1998) — via National Allegory
Winter Sleep (2014) — via National Allegory
Oldboy (2003) — via National Allegory