The Loneliest Planet

For Alex and Nica (Gael Garcia Bernal e Nani Furstenberg), in love and soon to be married, the world is bright, colorful and the objects around them so incredibly alive that they seem like toys. Everything is allowed. They are young and will spend this Summer discovering the Caucasus Mountains, in Georgia. Dato, their guide, shows them around and keeps them company, but as they dive in the royal green of the mountains, a gesture makes all the difference and seems to threat his masculinity, her protection, forgiveness as a rehabilitation of their relationship. Silence slowly replaces what were once automatic smiles and settles down between them, as they pack up the tent. The director, in her third feature film, adapts a story from Tom Bissel and shows us the most improbable, surprising shots. The music, with Richard Skelton’s piercing string composition, predicts the loneliness ahead. (Ágata Pinho)