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  • 1998
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 1998
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 31 m
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

Summary Peter Glahn is released after years of incarceration as a political prisoner and is now returning to his homeland, the mythical Mandragora where the sun never sets. On board the ship home, he meets the mysterious Juliana Kossel who vanishes after stealing his heart. Once he arrives on the island, he goes to the family ostrich farm run by...

Directed By: Guy Maddin

Written By: Knut Hamsun, George Toles

  • 1998
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 1998
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Peter Glahn is released after years of incarceration as a political prisoner and is now returning to his homeland, the mythical Mandragora where the sun never sets. On board the ship home, he meets the mysterious Juliana Kossel who vanishes after stealing his heart. Once he arrives on the island, he goes to the family ostrich farm run by...

Directed By: Guy Maddin

Written By: Knut Hamsun, George Toles

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80
Maddin's surrealism is always gently persuasive rather than all-out shocking. Nobody else is doing anything remotely like this; reason enough to treasure it.
By William Thomas FULL REVIEW
75
It's not Maddin's best work -- it may even be the least of his four features to date -- but there's something mesmerizing about it all the same, a quality of perverse wit and unbuttoned imagination you see too rarely.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
75
The line between romance and sex is blurred in this enthralling feature by Guy Maddin, whose overwhelming stylization unexpectedly produces an emotional and psychological authenticity.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
70
While bearing many similarities to Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in look and theme, the film covers Maddin’s traditional themes of failed romance. While much brighter than his other films, if you like Maddin’s other works, you’ll probably dig this. If you don’t, this film will not convert you to the cause.
By Ron Wells FULL REVIEW
63
In a movie world where every new release promises to be something you've never seen before, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs succeeds in being genuinely different -- even if you can't quite figure out exactly what it's supposed to be. [26 Sep 1997, p.E3]
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
60
Overall, Maddin’s first effort with seasoned performers is extremely promising, and he continues to grow as a visual craftsman. But he’s in need of better material to develop the unique film voice his past films promised.
By Leonard Klady FULL REVIEW
40
Sadly, it collapses dizzily amid a baroque shower of bejewelled costumes, Kenneth Anger style colour overload, mock fairytale purple prose, and pixillated anti-naturalistic performances. Finally pretty tedious.
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Production Company Marble Island Pictures, Twilight Pictures Inc.
Release Date Jan 1, 1998
Duration 1 h 31 m
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