2003 / 119’ / Color / status : completed / French and International catalog
He is a photographer, scouting for a magazine. She accompanies him, because they are in love. Together, they will travel the desert on the outskirts of Twentynine Palms, lose themselves in its magnificent nature, make love, and hate each other, unaware that danger comes not only from within.
Press
«At turns sexy, ultra -violent and sweet , it will infiltrate your brain long after you ’ve seen it.»
The New York Post
«The sustained force of Bruno 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.»
The New York Times
«Dumont is clearly fascinated by America's wide-open spaces, and much of Twentynine Palms is a love poem to the way we look at the world.»
★★★★ Slant Magazine
«Twentynine Palms questions the link between sex and violence and how we react to each differently. It’s difficult to turn your head away from it.»
★★★★ Slant Magazine
