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Tales from the Gimli Hospital is a 1988 film directed by Guy Maddin. His feature film debut, it was his second film after the short The Dead Father.
Apr 15, 1988 · Tales from the Gimli Hospital: Directed by Guy Maddin. With Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck, Margaret Anne MacLeod. While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in ...
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Guy Maddin
- 1988-04-15
Gunnar. Angela Heck. Snjófridur. Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Two men (Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli) share a hospital room during a circa-1900 smallpox...
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- Kyle Mcculloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck
- Guy Maddin
- Drama
Sep 27, 2022 · Set in the idyllic town of Gimli sometime in the 19th century, the first feature by Manitoba director Guy Maddin is a tale of jealousy, revenge, and peculiar erotic fixations.
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- TIFF Trailers
Oct 13, 2022 · A 1988 Canadian film about jealousy, monomania and fire in a hospital set in an Icelandic settlement. The film, remastered in 4K, will play at the IFC Center with a Q&A with the director.
Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century, Tales From The Gimli Hospital Redux is a dreamlike, elliptical film which explores the jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room “in a Gimli we no longer know.”
Oct 2, 2022 · Set in a late-19th century hospital during an epidemic in the Manitoba town of Gimli – longtime home to Icelandic immigrants - Guy Maddin’s first feature, Tales from the Gimli Hospital, depicts the rivalry of two men: Einar the Lonely (Kyle McCulloch) and the recently widowed Gunnar (Michael Gottli), who vie for the attention of ...
