While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Direction
Maddin's silent-film-on-a-budget aesthetic is instantly iconic.
Practical Effects
Papier-mâché sets and fish-gutting that'll haunt you.
Score
Droney Icelandic dirges that sound like they were recorded underwater.
Director
Guy Maddin
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