Twentynine Palms

(France/Germany, 2003, 119 minutes)

A man and a woman explore the Californian desert outside the town of Twentynine Palms while arguing, making up and making sex. Baffling, arty indulgence where nothing really happens over the course of two very long hours.

A 3B Productions/TVT Postproduction/Thoke Moebius Filmcompany/Wellspring co-production, in association with Gimages 5 and Centre National de la Cinématographie, with the participation of Canal Plus, cofinanced by InvestitionsBank Hessen and Hessen Media. Starring Katia Golubeva, David Wissak. Directed and written by Bruno Dumont; director of photography (CFI, Technicolor, LTC, Panavision), Georges Lechaptois; costume designer, Yasmine Abraham; film editor, Dominique Pétrot.