About Love

About Love

All happy families are happy alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Directed by Vladimir Bortko

Produced by Studio 2-B-2 Entertainment, Lenfilm

201795 min5.5 / 10

A melancholic exploration of infidelity and the collision between marital stability and passionate desire, where love becomes both redemptive and destructive.

Beautiful Nina lives happily married, as she saw it, with intelligent Alexandr, professor of Sinology. But the debt for the mortgage begins to disturb the relationship of spouses. One day she meets Sergey, the head of the bank where her husband has debt, and so begins their passionate relationships. The story of the relationship with married Sergey hardly promises happiness, but Nina realizes that for the first time she feels true love.

Questions people ask

  • Is About Love sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is About Love violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is About Love scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does About Love end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is About Love easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity41

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like About Love

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as About Love

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like About Love, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like About Love, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like About Love, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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