THE LONELIEST PLANET from Writer/Director Julia Loktev (DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT) has released its first international trailer – the film has already been released in Poland – and very intriguing it is as well; starring Gael Garcia Bernal (THE KING) and Hani Furstenberg the film is loosely based on THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF FRANCIS MACOMBER by Ernest Hemingway and looks interestingI with Bernal always a tremendous presence. Check the trailer and official synopsis below and pass us on your thoughts:
Alex (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Nica (Hani Furstenberg) 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.
THE LONELIEST PLANET doesn’t currently have a UK release planned but will be showcased at the 56th BFI London Film Festival so here’s hoping.
Sam is a bloody lovely lad born and raised in Bristol (he’s still there and can’t escape). Favourite films include THE LOST BOYS, DRIVE, FIGHT CLUB and COMMANDO, well pretty much any 1980s Arnie film you can throw his way…even RED SONJA. Sam once cancelled a Total Film subscription after they slagged off Teen Wolf. He resubscribed 2 days later.
