

The Unknown Country
A grieving woman embarks on an unexpected road trip as she grapples with the pain of her recent loss and seeks to understand her place in the world.
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6.4/10
29 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $65.7K
- Language
- English
- indigenous
- usa–mexico border
- road trip
- grief
- neorealism
- woman director
- american midwest
- independent film
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival13 Mar 2022
- Theatrical (limited)NR28 Jul 2023
- Digital / OTTNR12 Sept 2023
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT29 May 2025
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The Unknown Country was released on 28 July 2023.
Audience reviews
2- B6/10
Brent Marchant
2/28/2024
In telling a story with surreal and/or other-worldly aspects, there’s a big difference between “mystical” and “mystifying,” and that’s where this second feature from writer-director Morissa Maltz misses the mark. This dreamlike road trip tale of a Native American woman (Lily Gladstone) recovering from the loss of her beloved grandmother follows her on a personal vision quest of sorts across the Midwest and Southern G…
- B6/10
badelf
2/1/2026
I watched this film because, well, Lily Gladstone. And honestly, she doesn't disappoint. But the film itself fails to find its bullseye. This is a film about two absolute truths: The first is that every person must grieve in their own way. That's why there's nothing we can say to ease their pain. The second truth is that you can never, ever know what another is truly thinking. Even if they tell you, the words have a …
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