Synopsis
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.
2011 ‘Άλπεις’ Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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.
Angeliki Papoulia Aris Servetalis Johnny Vekris Ariane Labed Stavros Psyllakis Efthymis Filippou Eftychia Stefanidou Maria Kyrozi Sotiris Papastamatiou Tina Papanikolaou Fotis Zahos Nikos Galgadis Konstadina Papoulia Nikos Theodosakis Despoina Varelidou Maria Vasilopoulou Tonia Vathioti Eleni Velissaridou Tasos Volvas Vasilis Zaziras Yorgos Zois Evangelos Stefanatos Jacquelina Carmen De Los Rios Klimis Pashalidis Thanos Papastergiou Nikol Papakonstadinou Kostas Papadakis Angelos Palmos Themis Nikolaou Show All…
Yorgos Lanthimos Angeliki Papoulia Athina Rachel Tsangari Maria Hatzakou Johnny Vekris Christos Voudouris Victoria Bousis Thanos Papastergiou Matthew Johnson Katerina Kaskanioti Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos Lee Polydor Thoma Kikis
Cactus Three Nova EPT Faliro House Productions Feelgood Entertainment Haos Film Avion Films Bousis Film Company, The Queen Street Partners Marni Films Greek Film Centre MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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characters in yorgos lanthimos movies are just aliens that are still in the beginning stages of mastering how to impersonate human beings
There is an unassuming moment in Alps, the latest offbeat puzzler by absurdist Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos, when the plot’s obscurity reaches its zenith, delineating that the story has taken a sudden dark, awkwardly humorous turn into surreal, Luis Buñuelian territory. A somber hospital nurse, played exceptionally well by Lanthimos’ muse Aggeliki Papoulia, brings bad tidings to a couple, reporting that their sixteen year old daughter has succumbed to her fatal car crash injuries and passed away. The couple sits in stunned silence, devastated by the news and the teary-eyed nurse provides a warm hug to the parents. After saying her condolences, the nurse immediately shifts gears and, in an uproariously comical, deadpan manner, announces that a new and possibly…
Yorgos: "Let's all pretend to be mountains and/or dead people."
Joe public: "Sure Yorgos, whatever you say dude."
oh the money i would pay just to know what’s going on inside yorgos lanthimos’ head
Detached from cinematic storytelling conventionalities but still navigating through alternate hypotheses on the nature of the human condition, Alps is a fascinating psychological exploration of the transcendence of humanized individuality, the impact of social relations and the process of coping with the loss of close ones.
Lanthimos' cold, almost emotionally alienating style should not be confused with dehumanization or the extirpation of emotional messages compared with the impressionistically Haneke-esque approach he applied in 2009 with his perspective of how humankind would be if deprived from external influences and lived under a controlled microcosm for the entirety of their lives. In this case, the film is more minimalistic when dealing with the substitution of human identities, as becoming more intimate in…
Catching up on the Yorgos Lanthimos films I’be missed. Alps is another film with a slightly skewed lens through which it views the world. A group of individuals provide a service for grieving families by acting as substitutes for the recently deceased. It’s captivating in that very specific Yorgos Lanthimos kind of way where you have to parse out what absurd human behavior he wants to bring to the forefront. While it seems, at first, like we’re exploring grief, there’s actually very little attention or characterization placed on the grieving. The unique acting troupe re-enact arguments, conflicts, conversations, etc, all with prescribed dialogue recited in the patented Lanthimos deadpan. Much of what the film seems to be highlighting is how much of…
Not About Mountains!
I'm developing a love-hate relationship with this film. Yorgos delivers his expected weirdness, and the bizarre story, infused with a touch of dark humour, featuring a good cast.
Despite attempting to capture the 'Dogtooth' vibe, he ends up creating a bit of a mess. However, the film remains thought-provoking and is something I'd enjoy re-watching and reconsidering. What I love about Yorgos is how he excels in portraying the intricacies of the human psyche in his characters.
Whether he intentionally overlooked certain aspects or I misunderstood them is unclear. Regardless, the Greek Master is here to entertain, and I'm eagerly anticipating watching 'Poor Things'!
A nurse is part of a group called Alps in which members symbolically take the place of people who have died by offering their loved ones something that could be a catharsis, by reliving the pain to move on, but ends up becoming an anchor to the past where people live in a farce. Alps is a study on loneliness, isolation and grief in which, once again, Lanthimos points to the crisis of contemporary society, our lack of communication, emotional poverty, and inability to overcome loss. He presents an observation of human relationships in everyday life, deteriorated and increasingly superficial and inconsequential.
An original story with a melancholic touch and the perverse sense of humour that characterizes the greek director; this is bold cinema carefully constructed to gradually take over the viewer, the type of film whose reflections haunts you for a while.