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Synopsis

Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.

Year1970
CountryItaly
Cinematic DNA
Antonioni's Zabriskie Point is an amazing, beautiful, misunderstood film, a masterpiece. And I would say it's definitely influenced me in terms of how I think about narrative and atmosphere.
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