The jungle's heart of darkness triumphs over unwary Europeans who underestimate its primordial power in Kristian Levring's Dogme 95-influenced drama. 1924, Borneo: Fleeing post-war economic depression and an abandoned husband back in England, 40-year-old Sarah (Janet McTeer) and her younger lover, Hamish (JJ Feild), retreat into the wild. But far from leaving their troubles behind, they bring them along and add a whole new bundle. Hamish, a surveyor, has been hired to map out a road that will connect remote trading station Ivory Bay to thriving Batang. With a road in place, the station will no longer be forced to rely on the river, which is dry for several months of ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
109 mins