, director = Māris Martinsons , writer = Māris Martinsons
Raimondas Paškevičius , producer = Živile Gallego
Linda Krukle
Māris Martinsons , starring = Valda Bičkutė

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film directed, co-written and co-produced by Latvian film director Māris 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

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ever to be submitted for the

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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 Māris Martinsons and Best Music for

. 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 The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 t ...

award, Latvia's highest prize awarded in cinema.

Synopsis

''Loss'' is a story about a Priest (starring

) in Ireland who meets a woman Valda (starring Valda Bičkutė) 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 Michelevičiūtė), a childless ex-wife of the desperate businessman Ben (starring

Kostas Smoriginas Kostas Smoriginas (born April 22, 1953) is a Lithuanian theatre and cinema actor and musician.
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) whose life is falling from his hands. Caught in a struggle with her husband's mistress Laima (starring Daiva Tamošiūnaitė-Budrė) 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), Variety'' magazine film critic

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, the satisfying Lithuanian drama was inspired by ''

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'' and

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’s 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.

References

External links

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''Loss'' review at ''Variety''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loss (Film) 2008 films 2008 psychological thriller films Films shot in County Wicklow Films shot in Lithuania Lithuanian thriller films Lithuanian-language films