A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 7 nominations
- Lamp Shop Owner
- (as Efthymis Filippou)
- Director
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEfthymis Filippou, screenwriter, had to step in as the "owner of the lighting shop" two days before shooting of the film started.
- Quotes
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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksPopcorn
Written by Gershon Kingsley
Performed by Marsheaux
Under license from Boune Co/D-Version Music Publishing Ltd & Undo Records
As I like to mention before all my reviews, I have seen the previous work of Lanthimos. Mainly the very successful Greek film, Dogtooth, which is a dysfunctional family with the kids being taught the wrong things in order to be safe from the outside world. That one I loved.
BUT I ALSO LOVED THIS ONE! The small things that they do with the camera-work blows my mind. There are a lot of times where our main character, or so I think, simply named Nurse (played by Angeliki Papoulia who was in Dogtooth) speaks with another individual where we cannot see their face. It is either cut-out, blurred, or even covered by shadows. I love this. I have seen Kar-Wai Wong do it in a couple of his films. It adds a little mystery and confusion to the story. Do these people not matter? Will they matter? What have you!
The tone of the film is pretty much the same throughout it all. Some little indents here and there, but in my opinion, it is worth the watch, regardless how slow you think it is.
I just find it very fun to watch these type of people (broken) living there lives on a day to day basis. Not the major things they do throughout there day that effects them, but the small things that we rarely take notice of. Like small chit-chat with someone else, etc.
I must say, that as much as they seem they are pushing it away, I find this film very touching. The way they have to impersonate a family member who is dead makes up for the abnormal conversations. You can tell that when they are going through this process that they are acting; very badly, too. But that is how it would go. That is not something you can enjoy, nor hate. Nor will you think it's a good idea or bad. It just feels as though it is something to do.
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- Also known as
- Alpler
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Box office
- Budget
- €97,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,057
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,628
- Jul 15, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $233,222
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1