2024 · romance · drama · space
Lonely Planet
Directed by Susannah Grant1h 36m2024
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
Our read: Lonely Planet (2024) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive romance · drama · space entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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