Alps

Alps

2011 · 94 min · EL · 6.3 (251 votes)
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos · Starring Angeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, Ariane Labed, Stavros Psyllakis, Efthimis Filippou
Drama

A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased, to assist with the grieving process.

VIBE

A haunting exploration of how we process loss. It feels like watching ghosts inhabit the lives of the living, a quiet, unsettling study of grief and the masks we wear after death.

melancholiceerieunsettlingdetachedexistentialslow-burnarthousecontemplativeaustereunconventionalgriefidentitylossmemoryperformance
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