The Loneliest Planet

The Loneliest Planet

Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg
Director: Julia Loktev
Running Time: 113 minutes

Synopsis: Alex (Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries) and Nica (Hani Furstenberg), a few months away from their wedding, are backpacking through Eastern Europe. Habitual and adventurous travellers, they get by with friendly smiles and a smattering of the local languages. Upon arriving in Georgia, the pair hires a guide to lead them on a camping trek, and the three set off into the lush wilderness. Walking for hours, they trade anecdotes and play word games to pass the time, or simply allow the vast surroundings to envelop them, until a splitsecond decision triggers a series of events that threatens everything the couple believes about themselves, and each other…

Exploring the relationship between travellers and the landscapes they navigate, between the guide and guided, The Loneliest Planet is a powerfully evocative and thought-provoking allegory of love, betrayal and the ambiguities of forgiveness.

Release Date: March 21st, 2013