Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Watch TrailerWhile their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1988 |
| Country | Canada |
| Genre | Comedy, Horror |
| Director | Guy Maddin |
| Runtime | 64 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.8/10 (30 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Guy Maddin constructs his debut feature by relying on the aesthetics of grindhouse films and silent cinema, using grainy film stock, deliberate theatricality, and jarring edits. It explores how family lore accumulates macabre details, transforming a tale of suffering into a peculiar comedy.
What lingers after viewing is the hypnotic texture of a world where disease fuels absurd rivalry, and the line between horror and farce is meticulously blurred. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Guy Maddin
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Watch late at night, embracing the absurd grotesquerie and the handcrafted, found-footage aesthetic.
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