The Loneliest Planet
United States, Germany
2011
113 Min
Color
English
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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Militis Poteas
11Feb12
Excruciatingly slow and with no plot whatsoever...It starts from nowhere and takes you nowhere..
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suddenmoves
17Oct11
Could stand a bit more editing, but the way Loktev explores her characters' emotional upheaval is expert and fascinating.
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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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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.
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.
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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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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