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The Loneliest Planet 2011

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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. More

"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) Hide

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  • Paul

    Dear Mike, you've got rocks in your head. This is a brilliant film. Stick to the multiplex next time?

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Worst movie i've ever seen

Mike21 Nobody (?)

This movie was terrible. Litterally nothing happens in the 2 hours. There are long shots of them walking, putting up a tent, getting a stone out of a boot....DULL - avoid at all costs!

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Saw this at the Sydney Film Festival. Loved it.

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Press Reviews

AV Club (USA)

Loktev suffuses the film with the kind of intimate, microscopic detail and observation that's more common to literature than cinema. Full review.

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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. Full review.

Los Angeles Times

A piece of art even without Bernal and Furstenberg, who are like moving portraits of themselves in this film. Full review.

New York Times

Gripping and haunting, but also coy and elusive. Full review.

Hollywood Reporter

A slow-burning, distinctive second feature from Russian-born, Colorado-raised writer/director Julia Loktev. Full review.

Variety (USA)

Powerful, exquisitely lensed. Full review.