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The Loneliest Planet

United States, Germany

2011

113 Min
Color
1.66:1
English, Georgian, Spanish
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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DIR Julia Loktev

EXEC Dallas Brennan, Shelby Alan Brown, Chris Gilligan, Hunter Gray, Gregory P. Shockro, Rabinder Sira

PROD Helge Albers, Marie-Thérèse Guirgis, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy

SCR Julia Loktev, Tim Bissell

DP Inti Briones

CAST Hani Furstenberg, Gael García Bernal, Bidzina Gudjabidze

ED Michael Taylor

PROD DES Rabiah Troncelliti

MUSIC Richard Skelton

SOUND Martín Hernández, Alejandro Quevedo

Locarno (International Competition), Toronto (Visions), New York, London (Cinema Europa), Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), AFI FEST (New Auteurs): Grand Jury Prize, Rotterdam (Spectrum), Göteborg (Festivalfavoriter), Istanbul (International Competition): Golden Tulip, San Francisco (New Directors), Transilvania (Competition)

Synopsis

Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they are backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The couple hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek, and the three set off into a stunning wilderness, a landscape that is both overwhelmingly open and frighteningly closed. Walking for hours, they trade anecdotes and play games to pass the time, until a momentary misstep, a gesture that takes only two or three seconds, changes everything. –Locarno Film Festival

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Julia Loktev

Julia Loktev was born in Russia in 1969 and moved to the US when she was nine. She studied film at New York University and wrote, directed and edited her first documentary, Moment of Impact (1998) on her own. Presented at Locarno, it also won several prizes including the Directing Award Documentary at Sundance, the Grand Prize at Cinéma du Réel in Paris and Best Documentary Film at Karlovy Vary. Day Night Day Night (2006) premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, where it won the Prix Regards Jeunes. Julia Loktev also makes video art installations that have been exhibited in art museums worldwide, such as Tate Modern, and was awarded a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. The Loneliest Planet (2011) is her second fiction feature film. –Locarno Film Festival 

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Jorge Mourinha

17May13

Elephants in the [open space] room.

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Peter

28Apr13

An aggressively minimalist Blue Valentine? (props to Roger...) The space in the narrative suited my tastes. Exquisite to look at. Likely not everyone's cup o' tea, though...

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Polyglot

6Apr13

More like The Boringiest Planet. *high five*

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Matt Richards

31Mar13

Subtle and engaging, The Loneliest Planet may appear simple at a first glace but on reflection proves itself smart, thought provoking and cunning in execution. Almost like a documentary, the naturalistic performances bring out all of the nuances of a modern relationship between two avid lovers of 'the road less traveled' as they slowly hike with their guide through the dwarfing, primal Georgian countryside. 3.5 stars

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The Noteworthy: Locarno, Mini Cinema, Hoberman on Siodmak and "Hitchcock Presents"

By Adam Cook on July 11, 2012

This week: Locarno 2012, Ben Sachs on The Cat Returns, a defense of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, two pieces on Robert Siodmak + more.

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NYFF 2011. Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet"

By David Hudson on October 3, 2011

Another round of solid reviews — and The Loneliest Planet is still seeking distribution.

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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 49th New York Film Festival

By Adrian Curry on September 30, 2011

A look at the posters for the films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival.

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Toronto 2011. Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet"

By David Hudson on September 14, 2011

Loktev’s second feature will be riding into the New York Film Festival on a wave of glowing reviews.

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Toronto 2011. Days Three and Four

By Dan Sallitt on September 13, 2011

Strong films by Karim Aïnouz, Julia Loktev, and Alejandro Landes, and disappointments from Todd Solondz, Whit Stillman, and Guo Xiaolu.

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Witness the Terror of the Unknown in THE LONELIEST PLANET Trailer

By Twitchfilm.com on July 7, 2012
Julia Loktev’s first feature Day Night Day Night, an intimate portrait of a young terrorist trying to detonate a bomb in Times Square, was one of the most intense, well-crafted and thoughtful low-budget
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So much promise to ultimately fail

By Michael Harbour on March 4, 2012

A relationship is established, damaged, and begins to mend. The establishment, perhaps takes too long and most of us have lost interest. The damaging moment is well played. The mostly silent processing…  read review

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