Archangel (1990)

Directed by

Guy Maddin

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Russian Revolution, a Canadian soldier falls in love with a woman who resembles his dead wife. He has lost a leg and struggles with his memory and identity.

surrealmelancholicwhimsicalstylizedgrainydreamlikenostalgicoffbeat

What happens

Archangel is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Guy Maddin. The film fictionalizes, in a general sense, historical conflict related to the Bolshevik Revolutionoccurring in the Arkhangelsk (Archangel) region of Russia, a basic concept presented to Maddin by John Harvie. The film marks Maddin's first formal collaboration with co-screenwriter George Toles. Maddin shot Archangel in black and white, on 16 mm film, on a budget of $430,000. Maddin modeled the film on the style of a part-talkie, an early cinema genre. The "basic situation" of the film's story was "suggested by Henry Green's 1946 novel Back." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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