Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (Gimli Saga) (Pestilence)
Year
1988
Running time
72 min.
Country
Canada
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Fantasy. Horror. Drama | Surrealism
Synopsis
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Ainar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Awards
1989: Genie Awards (Canada): nominated to Best Original Screenplay.
Critics' reviews
- "It's a dry, fluky comedy about the perils of immigrant communities and bad health facilities -- shot in a style that's a clever pastiche of early '30s experimental talkies."
- "Whatever else you might say about this weird, creepy, and funny independent item by Guy Maddin, it's certainly different."
- "An original and insinuating black comedy from Winnipeg, Canada, where something very strange seems to be going on"
- "There are moments of jaw-dropping inspiration, and many that are just impenetrably odd. But this is immensely winning for the rawness alone."
- "A funny, strange and wondrous little film."
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