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Alps (Alpeis)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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When the end is here the Alps are near
Alps is a mysterious and moving investigation into the process of mourning, a stunningly original follow-up to director Yorgos Lanthimos' Oscar-nominated debut, Dogtooth (2009).
An oddball group of four people (made up of two hospital empIoyees, a gymnast, and her coach) form a secret society that sets out to ease the grieving process for those whose Ioved ones have died. For a fee they wilI act the part of the missing famiIy member - learning their hobbies and eccentricities - in order to heIp the customer accept their Ioss. As methadone is to heroin addiction, so are the AIps, as they caIl themselves, to the mourning process. But when the nurse known as Monte Rosa (AggeIiki PapouIia, also in Dogtooth) begins to attach too deeply to her subjects, their project spiraIs out of control into violence and confusion.
Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice Film FestivaI, AIps proves that co-writer and director Lanthimos is one of the most taIented and provocative filmmakers working today. |
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