Genre: Thriller Director(s): Julia Loktev Release Date: 03 January 2013 Movie rating: 5.5

Alex and Nica have been engaged for some time. They are madly in love with each other and they think there’s nothing they can’t handle. That’s why they decide to do something special - to expand their horizons and go on a backpacking trip in the Caucasus Mountains. Everything’s perfect – they have one another, they enjoy each other’s company, they are surrounded by untouched natural beauties, they have picturesque valleys ahead of them, and they enjoy breath-taking mountain views. But something goes wrong and their whole trip is derailed by a single misstep that seems to threaten everything these two people had. This random occasion threatens to undo everything this couple believed about themselves and about each other. “The Loneliest Planet” is based on a couple of short stories and novels. While watching the movie you can notice some allusions to Tom Bissell’s short story “Expensive Trips Nowhere” and even recognize excerpts from Mikhail Lermontov’s “A Hero of Our Time”.

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