He was beaten by the Chilean Sebastian Lelio, whose "Fantastic Woman" was recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts as "Best Foreign Language Film". Bookmakers estimated the victory of the tape of the Russian director in 13%. The short list of the same nomination included "Insult" by Lebanese director Ziad Dueri, "On the body and soul" of Hungarian Ildiko Enedi and "Square" by Ruben Estlund from Sweden. But two days earlier, on March 3, "Nelyubov" received the award of the French film award "Cesar" in the category "Best film in a foreign language". Then the picture went around the competition, including Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk and Damien Shazell's La La Lend. In Russia, Andrei Zvyagintsev's picture came out on a wide screen on June 1, 2017. The film describes the divorcing spouses, from which the child escapes. roles in it have executed Марьяна Спивак, Alexey Rozin, Matvej Novikov and Marina Vasileva. The current defeat is the second for Andrei Zvyagintsev. Before that, in 2015. , his film "Leviathan" also did not get an "Oscar". At the same time, he received six prizes for Russian critics' awards "White Elephant" and was awarded the highest award at the Egyptian and European Film Festival in Luxor.