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  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 25 m
The Unknown Country

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 a sur...

Directed By: Morrisa Maltz

Written By: Lily Gladstone, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Vanara Taing

  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2023
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 25 m

The Unknown Country

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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 a sur...

Directed By: Morrisa Maltz

Written By: Lily Gladstone, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Vanara Taing

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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0% Mixed
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91
Aug 1, 2023
Gladstone manages to sell every emotion, moving from despair to wonder as the journey continues.
By Christian Gallichio FULL REVIEW
91
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.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
88
Jul 28, 2023
You don't watch the movie. You experience it through your senses.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 28, 2023
The quiet but stirring effect is a dreamscape of eye-opening geography, existential longing and the enduring workaday.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
78
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.
By Jenny Nulf FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 8, 2023
A touching combination of fact and fiction makes The Unknown Country one beautiful road trip.
By Bob Strauss FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cold Iron Pictures, Unpaved Rodes, Wooden Finger Studios
Release Date Jul 28, 2023
Duration 1 h 25 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/theunknowncountry/
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Awards

Red Nation Film Festival
• 5 Nominations
Hell's Half Mile Film and Music Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Denver International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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