Alps
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69 out of 100

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  • Starring: Aggeliki Papoulia, Ariane Labed, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, Stavros Psyllakis
  • Summary: A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach have formed a service for hire. They stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by the relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased. The company is called Alps. Their leader, the paramedic, calls himself Mont Blanc. Although Alps members operate under a discipline regime demanded by their leader, the nurse does not. (Kino Lorber)
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Oliver Lyttelton
    Jul 25, 2012
    100
    Alps has proven Lanthimos to be one of the most fascinating filmmakers anywhere right now.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Jul 10, 2012
    80
    Puzzling and provocative, Alps has a lingering power and an effect that is thrillingly difficult to define.
  3. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    Jul 13, 2012
    80
    The climax errs on the side of the overwrought and overdetermined, like an earnest adolescent's first attempt at a short story. And yet Papoulia's extraordinary performance lingers, as does the film's provocative existential fog.
  4. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
    Jul 10, 2012
    60
    The premise is fetching and feels like a mystery, particularly as the film orchestrates its story to make the work of the Alps group seem like a kind of heist.

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  1. lasttimeisaw
    7
    A KVIFF screening, from the young and talented Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos, a follow-up of DOGTOOTH (2009), which was a dark horse nominee of Oscar… Expand

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