Loss (film)

It is the first Lithuanian feature film to be screened in the competition of an A class festival and awarded prestigious prizes.

Now a boy is adopted by Nora (Dalia Michelevičiūtė), a childless ex-wife of the desperate businessman Ben (Kostas Smoriginas) whose life is falling from his hands.

Caught in a struggle with her husband's mistress Laima (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 film critic Eddie Cockrell, the satisfying Lithuanian drama was inspired by Six Degrees of Separation and Dostoevsky’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.