

Southland Tales
This is the way the world ends.
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $17M
- Box office
- $374.7K
- Language
- English
- amnesia
- prophecy
- allegory
- time travel
- surrealism
- twin brother
- end of the world
- conspiracy
- big corporation
- government corruption
- southern california
- alternate timeline
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Produced in
Germany, United States of America, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereFantastic Fest22 Sept 2007
- PremiereAFI Fest2 Nov 2007
- Theatrical (limited)R14 Nov 2007
- PhysicalRDVD18 Mar 2008
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical157 Dec 2007
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA 15+DVD30 Apr 2008
- TheatricalMA 15+8 Aug 2024
CanadaCA
- Physical14ADVD18 Mar 2008
ArgentinaAR
- Physical+16DVD18 Apr 2008
BrazilBR
- Physical16DVD15 May 2008
FinlandFI
- PhysicalDVD16 Apr 2008
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival21 May 2006
- Physical12DVD24 Mar 2009
- TVCanal + Cinéma (Cannes 2010)5 Dec 2010
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1615 Jul 2008
IrelandIE
- Theatrical167 Dec 2007
ItalyIT
- PhysicalDVD23 Jul 2008
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTR18+7 Aug 2008
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Southland Tales was released on 14 November 2007.
Audience reviews
1- J3/10
JPV852
3/29/2021
Saw this one many years ago and really didn't care much for it. Watching it again, now the 'Cannes Cut', I absolutely... hated it. A bit of a shame since I love Donnie Darko (the director's cut especially) and where that one managed to blend social commentary with end-of-the world science fiction pretty well, this one did not. In fact, it was a real mess. However the biggest issue, beyond being downright boring at ti…
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