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Loving (2016)

123 min · Drama, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film

Popularity5/5
12-month trend16k6.9kExpand

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16k02025-09: 9,046 views2025-10: 7,419 views2025-11: 15,667 views2025-12: 12,105 views2026-01: 14,066 views2026-02: 9,032 views2026-03: 11,076 views2026-04: 6,851 views2026-05: 7,580 views2026-06: 8,243 views2026-07: 8,161 views2026-08: 7,818 views
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Jeff Nichols

Cast

Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Terri Abney, Alano Miller, Chris Greene, Sharon Blackwood, Christopher Mann, Marton Csokas, Michael Abbott Jr., Bill Camp, David Jensen, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Matt Malloy, Michael Shannon, Keith Flippen

The story

Richard Loving, a white construction worker in Caroline County, Virginia, falls in love with a local black woman and family friend, Mildred Jeter. Upon Mildred discovering that she is pregnant, they decide to marry. Knowing that interracial marriage violates Virginia's anti-miscegenation laws, they drive to Washington, D.C., to get married in 1958.

Catalogue themes and tags

1950s, 1960s, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Cannes 2016, Expulsion, Hochzeit, Homesickness, Interracial couple, Interrracial Marriage, Racial Segregation, Virginia, Washington D.C.

Genres

Drama, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film

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