Alps (2011) Alpeis (original title)

Director:

Giorgos Lanthimos

Writers:

Giorgos Lanthimos (screenplay)
Efthymis Filippou (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 October 2011 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

When the end is here the Alps are near.

Plot:

A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process. |

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Stavros Psyllakis
Aris Servetalis
Johnny Vekris
Ariane Labed
Aggeliki Papoulia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erifili Stefanidou

Directed by
Giorgos Lanthimos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Efthymis Filippou		screenplay
Giorgos Lanthimos		screenplay

Produced by
Victoria Bousis	....	co-producer
Maria Hatzakou	....	co-producer
Matthew Johnson	....	co-producer
Thoma Kikis	....	co-producer
Giorgos Lanthimos	....	producer
Thanos Papastergiou	....	co-producer
Aggeliki Papoulia	....	co-producer
Lee Polydor	....	co-producer
Athina Rachel Tsangari	....	producer
Johnny Vekris	....	co-producer
Konstantina Vonorta	....	post production producer
Christos Voudouris	....	co-producer
Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Christos Voudouris

Film Editing by
Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Casting by
Christina Akzoti
Alex Kelly

Production Design by
Anna Georgiadou

Costume Design by
Thanos Papastergiou
Vasileia Rozana

Production Management
Konstantina Stavrianou	....	post production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anna Nikolaou	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Leandros Ntounis	....	associate sound re-recording mixer
Leandros Ntounis	....	production sound mixer
Leandros Ntounis	....	sound designer
Kostas Varybopiotis	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Ippokratis Chalas	....	vfx
Vagelis Metaxas	....	vfx

Camera and Electrical Department
Christos Voudouris	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Tony Ford	....	colorist
Nikos Panteris	....	colorist
Yannis Zaharoyannis	....	technical coordinator
Akis Zorbas	....	technical support

Other crew
Evdokia Kalamitsi	....	assistant production manager
Anna Nikolaou	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Haos Films
• Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT)
• Faliro House Productions
• Feelgood Entertainment
• Marni Film
• Avion Films
• Cactus Three
• Nova

Distributors

• A3 Distribution (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Films We Like (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Kino Lorber (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Média Kft. (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Øst for Paradis (2012) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Against Gravity (2012) (Poland) (all media)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Interior13 Cine (2012) (Mexico) (all media) (in collaboration with NDMantarraya)

Also Known As:

"Alpeis" - Greece (original title)

Runtime:

Greece:93 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III (film festival rating) | Argentina:18 | Mexico:B15 | USA:Not Rated | UK:15 | Netherlands:16

Company:

Haos Films

Awful

Giorgos Lanthimos wowed critics with his somewhat entertaining freakshow Dogtooth a while back. This is his follow-up, and it represents all of the aspects of Dogtooth I hated and had none of the (very minor) strengths. It is, first and foremost, an enormous bore. The actual content of the film is negligible and it's absolutely full of pregnant pauses and unnecessary bits. What content there is is awful. It's a film about people who do things that real people would never do and acting ways people would never act. I frankly just don't see the point in any of this. The story revolves around a group of people (calling themselves the Alps) who will, for a fee, take the place of deceased loved ones. Like Dogtooth, there's a lot of nudity and humiliating sex, but there's nothing salacious or shocking here. It's all very clinical. About the only good thing I can say about the film is that Lanthimos definitely has a good eye for visuals. Really, though, I'd rate this as the worst movie I've seen from 2012 so far.