Dust (2001)
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21% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(1,539 ratings)
Love and war divide two brothers in a drama from award-winning director Milcho Manchevski, his first since his acclaimed 1994 debut Pred Dozhdot. After an elderly woman (Rosemary Murphy) gets the better of a burglar (Adrian Lester) who has broken into her apartment, she decides to tell him a story… More Love and war divide two brothers in a drama from award-winning director Milcho Manchevski, his first since his acclaimed 1994 debut Pred Dozhdot. After an elderly woman (Rosemary Murphy) gets the better of a burglar (Adrian Lester) who has broken into her apartment, she decides to tell him a story about her family to give him a perspective on an individual's legacy to their family. Luke (David Wenham) and Elijah (Joseph Fiennes) are brothers and cowboys in the American West near the turn of the century. Luke and Elijah are both in love with Lilith (Anne Brochet), a woman who works in an upscale brothel, and when Elijah marries her, it puts a permanent rift in his relationship with his brother. Luke leaves the country and travels to Macedonia, where he becomes involved with a group of resistance fighters who are trying to topple Turkish occupation of their land; a skilled gunman, Luke soon becomes a valuable member of the Macedonian nationalist forces, and falls in love with Neda (Nikolina Kujac), a woman fighting alongside the loyalists. However, Luke discovers he can't entirely leave his past behind when he discovers Elijah has become a hired gun who has joined the Turkish forces. Dust was the opening night attraction at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Milcho Manchevski
- Written By
- Milcho Manchevski
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Romance, Art House & International
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films
Critic Reviews
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Megan Lehmann, New York Post
The bloodthirsty Dust lurches so wildly and meaninglessly between genres and time frames that all it creates is motion sickness.
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Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Dazzling and dazed.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Dust is a bust, a big bad movie of the scope, ambition and bravura that could be made only by a talented filmmaker run amok.
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Leslie Camhi, Village Voice
In reaching for a cubist style of storytelling, [Manchevski] sacrifices character and motivation.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
our brains are numbed into oblivion
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Cast
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Joseph Fiennes
as Elijah
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David Wenham
as Luke
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Adrian Lester
as Edge
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Anne Brochet
as Lilith
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Nikolina Kujaca
as Neda
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Rosemary Murphy
as Angela
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Vera Farmiga
as Amy
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Eric Colvin
as Adolf
- Matt Ross
- Meg Gibson
- Salaetin Bilal
- Vlado Jovanovski
