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Loss (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Loss' (, literary "Unnecessary people") is a 2008 Lithuanian psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Latvian film director Mris Martinsons. In October 2008, it was announced that the film was Lithuania's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the 81st Academy Awards, becoming the first Lithuanian feature film ever to be submitted for the Academy Awards.
Awards
The international premiere of 'Loss' was held in 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival, where it was awarded with 2 'Jin Jue' (Golden Goblet) awards: Best Director for Mris Martinsons and Best Music for Andrius Mamontovas. It is the first Lithuanian feature film to be screened in the competition of an A class festival and awarded prestigious prizes.
In 2009 'Loss' was awarded with the Lielais Kristaps award, Latvia's highest prize awarded in cinema.
Synopsis
'Loss' is a story about a Priest (starring Andrius Mamontovas) in Ireland who meets a woman Valda (starring Valda Bikut) from his native Lithuania only to find out her mysterious identity is closely connected with a darkest secret of his past.
Desperate for a better life Valda left Lithuania for Ireland, hoping to find a new purpose in life but failed to fulfill a promise to come back she made to her alleged son. Now a boy is adopted by Nora (starring Dalia Micheleviit), a childless ex-wife of the desperate businessman Ben (starring Kostas Smoriginas) whose life is falling from his hands. Caught in a struggle with her husband's mistress Laima (starring Daiva Tamoinait-Budr) she must fight not only for her company but also for the custody of a child who now is her only hope in life.
According to 'Variety' magazine film critic Eddie Cockrell, the satisfying Lithuanian drama was inspired by 'Six Degrees of Separation' and Dostoevskys line "the tears of that one tortured child". 'Loss' delves into the harsh realities of six people's lives whose destinies are brought together after a tragic accident that happened over two decades ago.
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