Guy Maddin
Archangel
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Original format 16mm
Year 1990
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Guy Maddin
Subtitles French
Running time 92 min
Films
ARCHANGEL (1990) 83'
ODILON REDON 4'
THE HEART OF THE WORLD 5'
Description
Exceptionally honored by the prestigious National Society of Film Critics in New York, Archangel is a baroque film of intense poetry, where tragedy and comedy intertwine in surprising ways.
1917, Arkhangelsk: the Russian city buried under frost during the Great War. Mustard gas has put the soldiers' memories to sleep, and they forget to stop fighting, forget to sleep, forget they are dead. They remember only one thing: to love. Without ever remembering whom. Archangel is a baroque film of intense poetry, where tragedy and comedy intertwine in surprising ways.