Twentynine Palms (film)
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Twentynine Palms is a 2003 film
directed by Bruno Dumont
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The film depicts a man, the photographer David, and woman, his Russian girlfriend Katja, who venture into the desert town of Twentynine Palms to search for nature motives for a photo shooting. Katja hardly speaks English and David no Russian so that they have to communicate in French which both speak only a little. As the verbal communication is limited due to the language problems their non-verbal communication is much more intensive. They often get into fights but reconcile by having sex. The sex scenes are clearly shown and filmed naturalistically. One day, both are again out in the desert, they are rammed by a white pickup truck. Three men violently pull them out of the car. One of them rapes David in front of Katja's eyes before they leave. Later in the hotel room David kills Katja with a knife. The film ends with showing a police man who finds David dead in the desert.
The film stars Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak.
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
directed by Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont is a French film director. To date, he has directed five feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité and...
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The film depicts a man, the photographer David, and woman, his Russian girlfriend Katja, who venture into the desert town of Twentynine Palms to search for nature motives for a photo shooting. Katja hardly speaks English and David no Russian so that they have to communicate in French which both speak only a little. As the verbal communication is limited due to the language problems their non-verbal communication is much more intensive. They often get into fights but reconcile by having sex. The sex scenes are clearly shown and filmed naturalistically. One day, both are again out in the desert, they are rammed by a white pickup truck. Three men violently pull them out of the car. One of them rapes David in front of Katja's eyes before they leave. Later in the hotel room David kills Katja with a knife. The film ends with showing a police man who finds David dead in the desert.
The film stars Yekaterina Golubeva and David Wissak.
Technical specifications
- Camera: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm
- Cinematographic process: Panavision (anamorphic)
- Printed film format: 35 mm
- Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1