Cast + Crew:
Starring:
Hani Furstenberg, Gael García Bernal and Bidzina Gujabidze
Director/s: Julia Loktev based on the short story by Tom Bissell
Written By:
Julia Loktev
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Release Date:
10/26/2012 (Exclusive to N.Y.) (
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& Tickets)
Film 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, 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.
FESTIVALS:
2011 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
2012 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2011 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
2011 LORCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
More Info on This Release:
Alternate Titles: Najsamotniejsza z planet
Genre/s:
Thriller
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Company: Flying Moon Filmproduktion, Parts and Labor, Van Hoy/Knudsen Productions, Wild Invention
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Filming Locations: Poland
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