The Unknown Country

Name: The Unknown Country
Genre: Drama
Released: July 28, 2023
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Devin Shangreaux, Florence R. Perrin, Jasmine Shangreaux, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Lily Gladstone

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Music Box Films | Release Date: July 28, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Devin Shangreaux, Florence R. Perrin, Jasmine Shangreaux, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Lily Gladstone, Pam Richter, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Scott Stampe, Teresa Boyd

Summary: Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother’s Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace aReeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother’s Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who’ve settled down far off the main roads including Isaac (Raymond Lee), who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could cultivate closure.… Expand

Director: Morrisa Maltz

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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The Playlist Christian Gallichio

Aug 1, 2023

Gladstone manages to sell every emotion, moving from despair to wonder as the journey continues. Read full review

IndieWire Carlos Aguilar

Jul 17, 2023

While the stirring visual fluidity of “The Unknown Country,” her first fiction feature and a kindhearted triumph, provides further arguments pointing to Malick likely being an influence, what distinguishes Maltz’s approximation to that style of evocatively loose filmmaking is that it’s grounded on the personal victories of real individuals. Based on that, she forges eclectic narrative devices for a tone poem with substantial dramatic meat on its bones. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Jul 27, 2023

Even in the moments where it can feel a little rough around the edges, the portrait being painted is a breathtaking and unrestrained one. It all comes together to ensure that, in the long cinematic history of American road movies, The Unknown Country carves out an indelible legacy of its own all the way to its final series of shattering shots. Read full review

Martin Carr

Jul 17, 2023

The Unknown Country proves to be a road trip unlike any other. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jul 28, 2023

The quiet but stirring effect is a dreamscape of eye-opening geography, existential longing and the enduring workaday. Read full review

Jenny Nulf

Aug 3, 2023

The Unknown Country is a naturalistic exploration of America that’s hopeful of human connection in the midst of a country that sometimes feels hostile. It’s simplistic, but honest and true to Maltz and Gladstone’s optimism in the face of a place that sometimes bleeds hopelessness. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Jul 27, 2023

The film’s gentle detours into the real-life stories remind us that it is the people met on the road that so often make the trip memorable. Read full review

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