Twentynine Palms (2003)

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Directed by: Bruno Dumont
Starring: David Wissak (David), Katia Golubeva (Katia)
Country: France, USA
Language: English, French, Russian (English subs for foreign parts)
Runtime: 01:54:04

Plot – Spoilers:
A couple are in Twentynine Palms with the vague goal of scouting. David is some kind of photographer or filmmaker and Katia his girlfriend, perhaps a model or actress. The scouting takes a backseat as the couple meander through the desert-town doing nothing, sometimes fucking amongst the hot, sun-baked rocks.

Though they do pretty much nothing of significance until the finale, the couple is very watchable. Katia seems to be terribly depressed and is often triggered by the slightest. David meanwhile appears to be floating through the relationship, but has dark streaks paddling beneath. They have frequent bouts of sex where David comically grunts and squeals like he were the first and last man on earth. Anyway, the reason the couple are very watchable is because most of the time you don’t know what the fuck they’re doing together. They struggle to communicate with each other and often switch between English and French, and Katia even slips into Russian when stressed. But then other times, they seem perfectly fine together, comfortably indulging in meaningful nothings.

If these kinds of movies don’t do it for you, it’s probably worth sticking for the finale that is mostly unpredictable despite the looming sense of foreboding that Katia has throughout.

Genres: Mental Illness, Unsimulated Sex, Pissing, Rape-against Men

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Mike Hunt
Mike Hunt
April 6, 2026 12:35 am

yeah this really wasn’t very good.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
March 21, 2026 7:04 pm

Some Bruno Dumont films tend to be slow and somewhat boring but, if you are patient, they are rewarding. This one is kind of tough because I didn’t think that David and Katia were very likable or interesting. When David and Katia have sex together numerous times David gets a little over dramatic when he is blowing his load. I guess that everyone knows by now that if you stick with it till the end it gets brutal and shocking. It’s worth watching. 3 and a half stars.

João Carlos
João Carlos
January 19, 2026 8:12 am

Fotografia muito bonita mas o casal e idiota e confuso o cara era americano se sentia confortável demais em um lugar isolado assim e tudo muito delicado qualquer atitude as pessoas podem ficar com raiva das pessoas por serem forasteiras e igual quando vem um gringo e fala mal do Brasil ai nos Estado unidos ninguém gosta tem que ter respeito o casal não soube respeitar os lugares em que tiveram aí já viu povo de cidade pequena e talvez atrasado o cara era artista igual o passolini o diretor italiano foi morto por causa de seu filme polemico em uma cidade pequena italiana talvez por ele já não se sentir cidadão do seu próprio país natal fica aí a mensagem tem que respeitar o lugar e as pessoas aonde você vai que sirva de lição nota 2.5

João Carlos
João Carlos
November 25, 2025 5:57 am

Aquela estrada nos Estados Unidos como a Rute 66 e a música do Robert plat eu ouvi falar deste filme nos you tube nos canais de filmes que falam de cinema de terror curioso agora vou poder ver

kvothe
kvothe
October 9, 2025 6:51 am

this is one of the worst, and most stupid movies i’ve ever seen.

The “twist” wasn’t really anything memorable outside of the “why the fuck did anyone take the actions they took throughout this movie?” the ending was just plain stupid.

if you read the comments and absolutly must see for yourself, just watch it on 2X speed and skip forward every few minutes and skip the regret of wasting two hours on something so pretentiously awful.

Deweybudman
Deweybudman
September 1, 2025 6:58 pm

Slow mover

Nate Higgers
Nate Higgers
August 26, 2025 5:43 pm

It wasn’t until the final few minutes I realized I had seen this almost 20 years ago. If you can put up with their constant bickering up until some random hooligans dump their loads in the guy’s ass while making the girl watch (because fucking females is for poofs) it gets better…for about five minutes and then ends; with one character’s death being off screen. Ending scarred me as a kid and I had forgotten all about it. Thanks for reminding me EUM. For that I will give it a very generous:
29 palms out of 100

diddydave
diddydave
March 6, 2025 4:31 am

damn that hard!!

nikki
nikki
October 25, 2024 9:18 pm

cruelty 2 animalz…FUCK THAT & FUCK THIS MOVIE!

Dave
Dave
August 8, 2024 2:52 pm

The absolute worst part of watching this movie was catching an earworm that lasted several days with that annoying song that played in their hummer the whole movie.

Not the clown
Not the clown
July 23, 2024 4:25 pm

Great movie. Context helps a lot in appreciating it. Bruno Dumont is an artist.

Some dude
Some dude
June 19, 2024 2:59 am

What a stupid ending. What does it even mean? He blames her for them being out there? It looks like it was his idea, he’s the driver. Even so, she didn’t cause what happened.

Metalupyours
Metalupyours
June 12, 2024 3:09 am

The best thing about the movie is the feeling of relief when you see the black screen and the credits…

Tiberius
Tiberius
February 23, 2024 6:49 am

It is a real pity that actress Katia Golubeva has committed suicide in 2011, she was a person full of talent

Russ
Russ
February 6, 2024 12:03 pm

As was advised, a slow burn but good acting and scenery, and the ending was unexpected.

Not the clown
Not the clown
February 5, 2024 5:54 pm

One of my favorites of all time. Very french.

Buttrodgers
Buttrodgers
November 7, 2023 3:28 am

If there was ever a guy I’d rather seen get hit in the head then fucked in the ass I’ve never seen

Chikka
Chikka
February 7, 2023 12:59 am

Wtf happened there in the end? Anyway… bottom line: don’t stick your dick in crazy… (although he wasn’t exactly stable either is seems)

Ewwwwww
Ewwwwww
December 19, 2022 9:43 am

This is Gay porn so disgusting dont watch

Ethan
Ethan
September 29, 2022 2:00 pm

This movie is missing 5 minutes the full version is supposed to be 1 hr 59 mins.

boneappleteeth
boneappleteeth
July 3, 2022 2:20 am

Calls dog to side of moving car…. Gets pissed the dogs leg gets ran over….lolwut

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
July 25, 2021 10:04 am

At the advice of the comments. I’m glad I skipped to the last 20. Just another day in palm desert

Questioning Guy
Questioning Guy
April 6, 2021 9:35 pm

People in this movie look really stupid when they cum. Especially that alien-looking rapist dude.

iliketwitedshit
iliketwitedshit
February 14, 2021 8:26 pm

if this as made as a framed painting it be a dull coffee colour canvas with sum human sit smeared across the bottom corner and called “a wasted hour and half”

Placebo
Placebo
December 20, 2020 6:08 pm

Moral is if you cant take it up the fudge pipe don’t try giving it,
and don’t take it out on your girlfriend if it hurts… -10 out of 10 for effort, rather crap really!

Cathe
Cathe
December 14, 2020 10:36 pm

This movie was REALLY bad, don’t even waste your time, it’s about a couple just driving around the desert and some sex scenes that weren`t even that good, no good story, no dialogues, it sucked!

Heidi Attwood
Heidi Attwood
December 13, 2020 6:24 am

This couple is so boring that even when we have suffered through the main part of the movie just to watch the final fifteen (which allow it to be included in the FU movies) all we can do is go: TF for that, and wish it had happened a lot sooner. One of those pretentious art nouveau movies that get shown at film festivals and all the ciritics go: how great (and incomprehensible) is that! All the same EUM thanks for posting.

And you will hate the CD that plays in the car…

Dr. Lecter
Dr. Lecter
December 13, 2020 6:19 am

okay…..

A couple of observations:

Albeit I did enjoy it, this movie was about three days longer then it needed to be…

See what happens when you slap on your girlfriend?

Everybody sounds like Tarzan when they cum…

You’d think a three-legged dog would know better then to eff with a car…

And finally, all you observant effed-up em-effers, see if you can spot the blooper.

yourmomfriend
yourmomfriend
December 13, 2020 1:25 am

Pure non-sense drama… until the last 20min of the film… its a effedup movie

Chris Ramirez
Chris Ramirez
December 12, 2020 11:15 pm

A very slow-paced movie. But the near-ending was very unexpected. Brutal! Merci beaucoup EUM!

X
X
December 12, 2020 5:43 pm

One of the worst movies of all time, just save your time and watch porn instead lmao

zombiewriter75
zombiewriter75
December 12, 2020 12:49 pm

wow! was not expecting that! shit got dark real quick!