Gael García Bernal stars in this slow-burning backpacking thriller following a young hipster couple, led by a guide, taking a...
Gael García Bernal stars in this slow-burning backpacking thriller following a young hipster couple, led by a guide, taking a twisted trip across the Georgian wilderness. There, an encounter with armed peasants tears a rift between the couple and unexpected consequences.
"A young, soon-to be-married couple are backpacking in Georgia. Habitual travellers, they pride themselves on their ability to get by with ingratiating smiles and the merest smattering of the native tongue. Hiring a local guide, they set off to trek deep into the stunning Caucasus Mountains, but as they pass through this vast, deserted landscape they are taken by surprise. A momentary mistake is made, an involuntary gesture. Brief though this is, it threatens everything the couple believed about themselves and each other. Meantime the guide looks on, observing their every move…" ( London Film Festival 2011)
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74 %65 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
31 %5,314 reviewsAudience score rating
"Powerful, exquisitely lensed."
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Variety
Variety"Gripping and haunting, but also coy and elusive."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"grows tiresome. We're given no particular reason at the outset to care about these people, our interest doesn't grow along the way, the landscape grows repetitive, the director's approach is aggressively minimalist."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A piece of art even without Bernal and Furstenberg, who are like moving portraits of themselves in this film."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A slow-burning, distinctive second feature from Russian-born, Colorado-raised writer/director Julia Loktev."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Loktev suffuses the film with the kind of intimate, microscopic detail and observation that's more common to literature than cinema."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubThe Loneliest Planet | Details
- Runtime
- 113
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA, Germany
