Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux
Toronto International Film Festival
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1h 4m
Directed by Guy Maddin • Arthouse • 1988 • Canada • English
Starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck
Guy Maddin’s highly acclaimed first feature is regarded as one of the true cult hits on the midnight movie circuit. Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century, “Tales From The Gimli Hospital” 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.”
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