Alps

Alps

  • Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Writer: Efthymis Filippou,Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Countries of origin: Greece, France, Canada, United States
  • Language: Greek, English
  • Release date: October 27, 2011
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Alpler
  • "Αλπεις" is a 93-minute drama film produced and released by Feelgood Entertainment in Greece. The film is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos , Aggeliki Papoulia , Ariane Labed ,Waiting for the leading role, which was released in Italy on September 1, 2011.
    The film tells about a mysterious and weird group called "Αλπεις". The four members of this group, ambulance drivers, nurses, gymnasts and coaches, provide a service for some customers of their dead relatives-playing the dead, To alleviate the sad stories of customers   .

    Details

    • Release date October 27, 2011
    • Filming locations Acharnes, East Attica, Greece
    • Production companies Haos Film, Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT), Faliro House Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $16,057

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $2,628

    Gross worldwide

    $233,222

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gregorio 2022-02-21 08:01:53

      "Uncommon Service": "True" and "False"

      A mysterious organization named "ALPS", its members are named after the peaks of the Alps, the highest peak "Blang Peak" is the title of the summit. This organization specializes in role-playing to help people get out of the mourning of the death of relatives and friends. They not only put on the clothes of the deceased, but also carefully understand the habits, preferences and ways of speaking of the deceased, and strive to have a perfect performance. Greek director Yug. The story of "Uncommon...

    • By Vivienne 2022-02-21 08:01:53

      The whole video is presented in fragmented state

      Lance Moss's less-discussed work is actually not bad, it still has a strong author label style, but the script is weaker, and the processing of multiple character clues is out of balance, which makes the topic of discussion unable to go deep. The film continues the director's hobby of constructing utopias and setting/breaking rules, and this special group that provides emotional services to the relatives and friends of the deceased is more like an underground organization, loose and not...

    • By Dominique 2022-02-21 08:01:53

      Non-ordinary service

      The female rope gymnast, her coach and the female nurse, were ordered by the male doctor in the ambulance to announce: "The organization is named Alps. First, it will not reveal the nature of our activities. Second, it is symbolic. , It’s not replaceable. I named it after the highest peak, Mont Blanc, you can choose the shorter one."

      In this way, the alternative company named "Alps" started its work. They squatted in front of the bed of the dying...

    • By Laverna 2022-02-21 08:01:53

      Out-of-control performance personality

      (Originally published by Tencent Entertainment, written for the Venice Film Festival reporting period)
      It is difficult to perform a good show with a high level; if you want to deliberately do a bad show, it is a super difficult thing to take the level to a higher level. The Greek movie "Alps" started with a crappy gymnastics and ended with a smooth gymnastics, completing a set of cyclical movements. As for how many points should be scored by the audience as judges of this gymnastic action,...

    • By Armando 2022-02-21 08:01:53

      Sociology Proving Ground

      Alps is the name of the candy I often ate when I was a kid (actually I just ate one yesterday), and it is also the largest mountain in Europe. As "Mont Blanc" said in the film, this name will not reveal what we do, and it can also appear to be unbeatable in terms of momentum. It's the company that has named it so solemnly, but it does what most people think of it—playing the dead and comforting the dead.

      At the beginning of the film is a period of rhythmic...

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    • By Emanuel 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      After the release, the director himself said that when he got creative inspiration, he felt that it was not enough to make a movie, so he did some RESEARCH and so on. . I'm just thinking, the material you're using now isn't enough to make a movie. . So this film seems to be too student work, it's an exercise for experimenting with black sketches....

    • By Greyson 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      Synthesis of Dogtooth and...

    • By Derick 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      The director's work of "Dog Tooth", I found that the director is quite individual, and the subject matter is different from...

    • By Sandrine 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      It's kind of interesting, except that I can't judge a few stars for the time...

    • By Liana 2022-03-26 09:01:12

      It's very similar to the idea of ​​the holy car...

    Evaluation action

    In "Αλπεις", the act of "role-playing" is an absurd expression of self-enclosure. The director has never given up on his discussion of the relationship between people and the outside world, and has always held an indifferent and extremely unoptimistic attitude. The focus on interpersonal relationships is family relationships. The role-playing method is used to separate the family relationship layer by layer, with the indifference and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Gymnast: You're the best coach in the world. You are the king of coaches.

    • Stretcher-bearer: [speaking to the nurse] We're going to do a test. I'm going to use this object. If it doesn't change colour and stays white, then it automatically means you are competent and reliable, and can stay in our group. If it changes colour, there are two possibilities. First, it might turn blue. If it turns blue, then it automatically means that you are competent, but unreliable. Therefore? There's no therefore. It doesn't really matter if it turns blue. It's just something I said. The second and worst possible outcome is for this club to turn red. Which means automatically that you are too unreliable to and too incompetent to stay with us. Let's see.

      [He stares at the club for a long time. Its color does not change. Suddenly, he hits her over the head with the club]

      Stretcher-bearer: It changed. It turned red. I'm afraid you'll have to go.