Sometimes I wonder how we discover anything in life, it is a big puzzle! I usually find some of the most interesting movies of the year by looking through the foreign language nomination list during the awards season.

I found this interesting movie Loveless this year by a Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyaginstev. I often think a movie at an award ceremony is a result of lot of previous work by the film maker so, I started peeping into his films where I discovered "The Return, his feature film debut.

I rented the movie on Amazon and started without reading anything about it, it is hard to do that in today's times as I often feel I should not waste my time. I am usually tempted to read what others feel rather than keeping the curiosity going.

The movie starts out with a haunting score and two bothers struggling to come to grips with sudden return of their father, someone they have never seen in flesh and blood. The boys are left wondering about his mysterious appearance, the director smartly puts us at the centre of the family like we are the third invisible brother.

The father decides to take them out on a vacation and every interaction they have together is strange and difficult to make sense of. He is trying to teach them about life in his own way. The brothers react differently to their father thus creating a very interesting piece of drama.

The movie kept me on the edge until the final act which felt like pulling the rug under my feet. I ended up with disbelief on what was happening and if the father was preparing the kids and the audience for this kind of eventuality.

I had a great time watching it.