Do Katherine and Owen End Up Together in Lonely Planet? A Closer Look at the Final Scene of Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth’s Netflix Movie

Netflix action Lonely Planet like it’s out of a best-selling beach read.

Written and directed by Susannah Grant, the film follows fiction writer Katherine Loewe (Laura Dern) as she travels to Morocco for a writers’ retreat. While there, he meets a younger man named Owen Brophy (Liam Hemsworth), a financier who finds himself completely out of place when he goes on an all-expenses-paid getaway with his girlfriend, Lily Kemp (Diana Silvers), an up-and-coming novelist.

Katherine and Owen, two people trying to find their way in different periods of life, are eventually attracted to each other, and an intoxicating love affair ensues.

“WITH Lonely PlanetI wanted to make a film about the transformative power of travel — how sometimes traveling thousands of miles away from everything you know about your life can make you see it, and yourself, in a revealing new light,” Grant told Netflix in a statement.

As for how the movie ends, that’s up for debate. Do Katherine and Owen end up together in the Lonely Planet? Here’s everything you need to know about the final scene of the Netflix romantic movie.

What is Lonely Planet about?

Laura Dern in ‘Lonely Planet’.

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Lonely Planet tells the story of Katherine Loewe — an extremely successful fiction writer who accepts an invitation to a writer’s gathering in Morocco. With a book deadline and grieving over a 14-year relationship, Katherine has no interest in participating in group activities. The sanctuary is simply a place where she can finish her latest book and sort out her own life.

That is until she meets Owen Brophy, a young man who works in private equity and has followed a writer’s retreat with his longtime girlfriend, Lily Kemp. It quickly becomes apparent that Owen and Kemp’s relationship has been strained for some time – a direct result of the novelist’s newfound fame.

Katherine, who doesn’t have much of a desire to socialize with her fellow writers, and Owen begin spending time together outside of town while the rest go on various trips. Kemp notices Owen drifting away and the two eventually break up.

Together, Katherine and Owen leave the shelter and head for the Moroccan coast. The couple share a romantic evening that is a breakthrough for both parties: Katherine no longer has writer’s block, and Owen decides to quit his blood-crushing job.

It seems like the happily ever after ending is just around the corner, but it’s not quite like that.

Do Katherine and Owen end up together in the Lonely Planet?

Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in the movie ‘Lonely Planet’.

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After a night together, Katherine and Owen enjoy a day by the ocean. They are idly dreaming about their future when a man steals Katherine’s purse with all the notes for her next book.

Devastated by losing two years of work, she returns to the United States without Owen by her side.

A year passes and Katherine finds herself in New York, where she is asked to speak about her project. By chance, she and Owen run into each other at a bar, but he leaves before Katherine can apologize.

She chases after him and takes full responsibility for how things turned out. “Just know you were never a bother, you were the whole point,” Katherine says as Owen leans in to kiss her.

The film ends with the couple’s passionate moment on the streets of New York – a scene that seems to show viewers that Katherine and Owen have ended up together.

What Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth had to say about working together on Lonely Planet?

Liam Hemsworth and Laura Dern at the ‘Lonely Planet’ New York premiere on October 1, 2024 in New York City.

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Dern was “thrilled” to work with Hemsworth – and her children, Ellery and Jaya, shared the excitement.

“We love Gale in there The Hunger Games so much,” the mom of two told PEOPLE in October 2024. “I loved [Hemsworth] as an actor and I saw him in a number of films at the time, but they obviously adored him The Hunger Games and loved him too.”

She went on to describe Hemsworth as “the safest person” to play intimate scenes with.

“While we were doing those scenes, there was nothing we couldn’t talk about together and work on creatively, professionally, all of that,” Dern explained. “But we also had a lot of support. We had many, many discussions.”

Hemsworth echoed the same sentiments.

“There was instant trust and connection,” he told PEOPLE. “When you meet someone you adore and respect … you don’t want to come across as an idiot or a fool. But when we met, all of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh, I’m talking to someone who understands and hears me.’ ”

Where was it Lonely Planet recorded?

Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in the movie ‘Lonely Planet’.

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Lonely Planet it was mostly filmed in Morocco. The cast and crew shot scenes in Marrakech, Chefchaouen — also known as the Blue City — the Atlas Mountains and several other remote locations.

“We were just on this ride, on this journey, immersed in the culture and what not. It was such an interesting place to shoot, and what a great place to do it with someone like Laura,” Hemsworth told Screen Rant. “Old Laura, what a bloody champion. Just a true legend.”

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