The Loneliest Planet

2011 | Germany, United States | Color | 113 min.

Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they go 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. 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.

Direction: Loktev, Julia

Script: Bissell, Tom | Loktev, Julia

Country: Germany, United States

Production Company: Flying Moon Production | Parts and Labor | Wild Invention | Zdf Das Kleine Fernsehspiel

Photography: Briones, Inti

Edition: Loktev, Julia | Taylor, Michael

Sound: Hernández, Martín

Music: Skelton, Richard

Cast: Furstenberg, Hani | García Bernal, Gael | Gujabidze, Bidzina

Year of participation at FICM:
2011

Morelia Film Fest

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