SummaryTwentynine Palms is a small, remote American town deep in the desert of central California. It provides the unique setting for this darkly comedic chronicle of the romantic and sexual life of a young couple in love. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By:Bruno Dumont
Written By:Bruno Dumont
Twentynine Palms
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43
31% Positive
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At turns sexy, ultra-violent and sweet, it will infiltrate your brain long after you've seen it.
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Even adventurous moviegoers who are familiar with Bruno Dumont's previous features...may be taken aback by the intensity of this shocker.
60
The sustained force of Mr. Dumont's vision of existence as a swirl of brute instincts may not be easy to absorb, but it marks him as a major filmmaker.
50
The latest minimalist provocation from the infuriating but talented French director Bruno Dumont. [12 April 2004, p. 89]
30
Embedded between all the sex and sunlight are some woefully underdeveloped ideas about American militarism and masculinity. Dumont doesn't bother to develop these ideas, principally because he seems to think it's enough to arrange his characters like puppets and tear off their heads.
20
Alas, the plot eventually takes over, and it's exceptionally ugly and unpleasant.
10
The "Humanite" director's Death Valley void is the real "Lost in Translation."
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Production Company:
- 3B Productions
- Thoke Moebius Film Company
Release Date:Apr 9, 2004
Duration:1 h 59 m
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
