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Twentynine Palms

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  • 1h 59m
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5.1/10
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Twentynine Palms (2003)
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  • Drama
David, an American photographer, and his Russian girlfriend Katia are scouting locations for a photo shoot. During the day, they drive through some of the wildest, most bizarre desert landsc... Read allDavid, an American photographer, and his Russian girlfriend Katia are scouting locations for a photo shoot. During the day, they drive through some of the wildest, most bizarre desert landscapes, but their luck begins to run out.David, an American photographer, and his Russian girlfriend Katia are scouting locations for a photo shoot. During the day, they drive through some of the wildest, most bizarre desert landscapes, but their luck begins to run out.
IMDb RATING
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4.8K
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  • Director
    • Bruno Dumont
  • Writer
    • Bruno Dumont
  • Stars
    • Yekaterina Golubeva
    • David Wissak
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bruno Dumont
  • Writer
    • Bruno Dumont
  • Stars
    • Yekaterina Golubeva
    • David Wissak
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 111User reviews
    • 101Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    TwentyNiNE Palms
    Trailer 1:16
    TwentyNiNE Palms

    Photos18

    Bruno Dumont at an event for Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Bruno Dumont at an event for Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Bruno Dumont in Twentynine Palms (2003)
    Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak in Twentynine Palms (2003)

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    Yekaterina Golubeva
    Yekaterina Golubeva
    • Katiaas Katia
    • (as Katia Golubeva)
    David Wissak
    • Davidas David
    • Director
      • Bruno Dumont
    • Writer
      • Bruno Dumont
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    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Nr. 38 on Slant Magazine's 'The 100 Best Films of the Aughts' list: "This minimalist horror film from French auteur Bruno Dumont pares all aspects of narrative storytelling back, reducing plot, character, action, and image to the bare essential as a pair of bickering lovers venture out into the California desert on a photojournalism assignment, using the opportunity to screw and fight their way through a remote landscape. There is an unaccountable feeling of dread in the images, perhaps suggested by a threateningly arid soundscape, and one has the feeling that predators are lurking just beyond the edge of the frame waiting to pounce. The climax is as harrowing as I Spit on Your Grave (1978), only told through the eye of an art-house provocateur." [2010]
    • Connections
      Featured in Kinomagazin: Das Schöne ist mein Dämon - Der Filmemacher Bruno Dumont (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Akata Sun Dunchi
      Performed by Takashi Hirayasu and Bob Brozman

      Written by Takashi Hirayasu

      Instrumental arrangements by Takashi Hirayasu and Bob Brozman

      Published worldwide by Riverboat (UK) Music

      Under license from World Music Network

    User reviews111

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Mixed bag....worth a watch, I think.
    Well this one definitely isn't for everyone, as you can tell by the comments. For awhile, I liked this movie. I kind of liked these two driving around in the desert. The movie had that sort of dreamlike Zabriskie Point thing going on. In fact, along those lines, I'd mention that the film did feel like something from the 1960s (in a good way).

    Katia Golubeva is a pretty enough girl, and we see a lot of her.

    I know from regular trips to Death Valley that Europeans have a special respect for American deserts. At Badwater Junction in Death Valley, you can walk out onto the salty flats and despite the fact that you're in a giant valley, they know enough to whisper, or remain silent altogether. It's a pensive respect for the desert I wish more Americans had.

    Here, you get a lot of California desert; always a good thing (to me). I liked these two characters when they were getting along - there was a weird and charming sort of innocence in their sex life and affection for each other.

    Didn't fully get why they were constantly sniping at one another or why they kept having falling outs with each other. And that seems to be important to the overall point of the film, and I'm still thinking about it. I wanted to slap them - especially David - when he was being a jerk.

    Because you should *never* take a sexually liberated French girl naked in the desert for granted that way (Am I right?).

    The end is jarring, and a metaphor for something but I'm not sure what, exactly. Something, I suspect, about the fact that the two characters should have been a little more tender and appreciated each other more (especially on the dude's part), what with all the meanness and cruelty in the world (and so on).

    This is not for everyone. It is slow moving, beautiful to look at, with characters who occasionally charm and occasionally irritate. The end sequence is disturbing and unpleasant.

    If you're a fan of mainstream Hollywood, you might find this excruciatingly boring. The pervasive quiet of the movie makes the end all the more startling.

    This film was not an unqualified success, but there's a fair amount to like here, I think. For certain people, anyway.
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    • Jan 13, 2007

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    • Release date
      • September 17, 2003 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • 3B Productions (France)
      • 3B Productions (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • 29 пальм
    • Filming locations
      • Joshua Tree, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • 3B Productions
      • The 7th Floor
      • Thoke Moebius Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $54,523
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,870
      • Apr 11, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $167,999
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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