Alps (2011)

Original title

Άλπεις

Directed by

Yorgos Lanthimos

Genre

drama film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 349 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people form a business that impersonates dead individuals for their grieving clients. They perform the roles of the deceased in private sessions to help the families cope with their loss.

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What happens

Alps (Greek: Άλπεις, translit. Alpeis) is a 2011 Greek psychological drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, produced by Athina Rachel Tsangari and Lanthimos, and written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou. It stars Angeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, and Ariane Labed. The film premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay, and it also won the Official Competition Prize for New Directions in Cinema at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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