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Mood:
- AtmosphericSuspensefulStylized
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsIsolationCouplesPower RelationsBetrayalConfinedDishonesty
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Genres:
- ThrillerIndependentRomance
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- EuropeMountainsWildernessGeorgia (Former USSR)
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Style:
- Twists and Turns
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Based on:
- Based on Short Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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The Loneliest Planet, 2011
English
USA, Germany
Profile of The Loneliest Planet
The Loneliest Planet can be described as atmospheric, suspenseful, and stylized. The plot revolves around isolation, power relations, and couples relations. The main genres are independent, thriller, and romance. In terms of style, The Loneliest Planet involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the mountains and in the wilderness. The Loneliest Planet is located in Georgia (Former USSR) and Europe. It takes place in contemporary times. It is derived from a short story.
Summary of The Loneliest Planet
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 hires 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 share anecdotes, play games to pass the time of moving through space. And then, a momentary misstep, a gesture that takes only two or three seconds, a gesture that’s over almost as soon as it begins. But once it is done, it can’t be undone.
Once it is done, it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and about themselves. All the while, they are not alone. They are always with the guide, who witnesses their every move. The film plays off the relationship between young travelers and the places they travel to, between guide and guided. But at heart, it is a love story — a tale about betrayal, both accidental and deliberate, about masculinity, failure and the ambiguities of forgiveness.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Germany |
| Release date: | 1 October 2011 |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
Cast and Crew
as Alex
as Nica
as Dato
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