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A Missing Child, A Dying Marriage And A 'Loveless' Society

Russia's contender for a best foreign language film Oscar is a bleak and searing indictment of Russian society, told through the eyes of a rancorous married couple.
A soon-to-be-divorced couple looks for their runaway son (Matvey Novikov) in <em>Loveless, </em>a pitch-black Russian drama that earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.

Director Andrey Zvyagintsev's Loveless -- Russia's submission to this year's Academy Awards, and one of the five movies up for best foreign language film come Oscar night — begins with two parents screaming at each other about their upcoming divorce.

They're trying to

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