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| Cinephile | Release Date: January 1, 1988 |
Starring:
Angela Heck, Chris Johnson, David Neale, Don Hewak, Donna Szöke, Heather Neale, Kyle McCulloch, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Michael Gottli, Ron Eyolfson
Summary:
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 a Gimli of old.
A funny, strange and wondrous little film. [31 May 1988]
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. The imagery is purposely deranged and the movie pumps it out in slow, deliberate rhythms that become daffy and excruciating. [11 Sep 1989, p.6]
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