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- 2001
- Not Rated
- Indican Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Indican Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Summary A black and white "silent" comedy told only with images and international dialogue.
Directed By: Veit Helmer
Written By: Michaela Beck, Lyudmila Merdzhanska, Veit Helmer
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Indican Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Indican Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Tuvalu
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User Score
Mixed or Average
4.3
Summary A black and white "silent" comedy told only with images and international dialogue.
Directed By: Veit Helmer
Written By: Michaela Beck, Lyudmila Merdzhanska, Veit Helmer
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
42% Mixed
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5 Reviews
8% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
58
50% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
42% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A concept executed with bravura style, intelligent curiosity, and playful wit.
Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there.
It may take a half-hour to get one's bearings, but there's a payoff in the subsequent charm of this nearly wordless, surreal comedy set in a decrepit bathhouse in Bulgaria.
Helmer's wildly whimsical debut film, Tuvalu, is the kind of movie that might one day find itself in the hall of fame of surreal movie weirdness alongside cult favorites like "Eraserhead," "Delicatessen" and the avant-garde frolics of Guy Maddin.
The film's tone is a matter of taste -- the more you enjoy the melancholy silent comedies of Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, the more likely you are to embrace its sensibility -- but it's undeniably the product of a singular and beautifully realized vision.
It's always risky to characterize a new film as "unique," but Tuvalu, the debut feature from German director Veit Helmer, has as good a shot as any at claiming that label.
A disappointment, a precious and grotesque exercise reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Delicatessen," only less amusing.
User Score
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Based on 4 User Ratings
4.3
50% Positive
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4.3
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Production Company
Borough Films,
Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB),
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR),
Südwestrundfunk (SWR),
Veit Helmer Filmproduktion
Release Date Dec 7, 2001
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Eine Reise in die Welt der Träume
Awards
Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Fantasporto
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Hof International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
