Tales from the Gimli Hospital

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

1988 · 64 min · EN · 5.9 (33 votes)
Dir. Guy Maddin · Starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Heather Neale, David Neale

“It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.”

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While 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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A bizarre, dreamlike journey into Icelandic folklore and family history. Expect the unexpected, with a tone that's both strangely touching and hilariously off-kilter. It's a unique, unforgettable experience.

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