David, un photographe américain en repérages, et Katia, sa compagne russe, sillonnent le désert de Joshua Tree. Seuls dans ces contrées désertées, ils ignorent le danger qui les guette.

Before his foray into slapstick comedy, the surprisingly versatile Bruno Dumont was more infamous for his Bressonian austerity. The gripping, ultimately brutal Twentynine Palms, finds the French auteur in Los Angeles—of all places—delving into the darkest corners of the human soul in broad daylight.