While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded gr... (Full plot summary below)
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While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.
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| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerEven for a Dogma 95 movie, this one is unusual because it features a remote, exotic setting and a Shakepearean subtext. |
| indieWireBrandon JudellHere is a small masterpiece about the erosion of civilized egos by the elements. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDavid N. ButterworthNot one of these people is anyone you would want to spend time with, let alone perform alongside. |
| Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderIt doesn't make the slightest effort to cater to conventional appetites. But the more you appreciate what they're trying to do, the more you like it. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayAn imaginative film that feels ten times more genuine than any ten movies of the "Castaway" variety (or as I like to call it, "The 90 million dollar Fed-Ex Commercial") |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthEnsemble acting has never felt so clean and unencumbered. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAdmittedly not for all tastes, but I liked what I bit into even if there was some sand in the offering. |
| VarietyLisa Nesselson:ags in the middle, growing more interesting -- if hardly more original -- only as the situation deteriorates. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordAn intellectual treat in the desert of Hollywood's summer fare. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersWhile I'm sure the idea was to show how isolation and desperation could augment these emotional scars, the descent happens so quickly that when tragedy strikes my emotional response was one more of indifference than involvement. |
