Alps (2011)
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- 1h 33min
- Drama
- 27 Oct 2011 (Greece)
- Movie
A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
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- 5 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast
Directed by
| Yorgos Lanthimos | ||
Written by
| Efthimis Filippou | ... | (screenplay) (as Efthymis Filippou) |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Victoria Bousis | ... | co-producer |
| Maria Hatzakou | ... | co-producer |
| Matthew Johnson | ... | co-producer (as Matt Johnson) |
| Katerina Kaskanioti | ... | Nova co-producer |
| Kostas Kefalas | ... | line producer |
| Thoma Kikis | ... | co-producer |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | ... | producer |
| Thanos Papastergiou | ... | co-producer |
| Angeliki 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 | ||
Editing by
| Yorgos Mavropsaridis | ||
Editorial Department
| Apostolos Arhontas | ... | color timer (as Apostolis Arhontas) |
| Tony Ford | ... | color grader |
| Nik Panteris | ... | color grader |
| Giannis Zaharogiannis | ... | technical coordinator |
| Akis Zorbas | ... | technical support |
Casting By
| Christina Akzoti | ||
| Alex Kelly | ||
Set Decoration by
| Anna Georgiadou | ||
Costume Design by
| Thanos Papastergiou | ||
| Vassilia Rozana | ... | (as Vasileia Rozana) |
Makeup Department
| Fragiskos Droggitis | ... | hair designer |
| Kyriaky Melidou | ... | additional makeup artist |
| Evi Zafiropoulou | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Maria Hatzakou | ... | head of production: Haos Film / post-production supervisor |
| Matthew Johnson | ... | post-production supervisor (as Matt Johnson) |
| Konstantina Stavrianou | ... | post production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Anna Nikolaou | ... | second assistant director |
| Kostas Papadakis | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Giorgos Babanaras | ... | property master |
| Vasilis Marmatakis | ... | media artist / poster designer |
| Andreas Zouvelos | ... | construction coordinator |
Sound Department
| Leandros Ntounis | ... | production sound mixer (as Leandros Dounis) / sound designer (as Leandros Dounis) |
| Valia Tserou | ... | M&E editor |
| Kostas Varympopiotis | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
| George Alahouzos | ... | special effects (as Alahouzos Bros.) |
| Roulis Alahouzos | ... | special effects (as Alahouzos Bros.) |
Visual Effects by
| Ippokratis Halas | ... | vfx |
| Vagelis Metaxas | ... | vfx |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Christos Douros | ... | first assistant camera |
| Miltos Pilalitos | ... | camera |
| Thomas Varvias | ... | additional first assistant camera |
| Christos Voudouris | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Maria-Flora Papapanagiotou | ... | designer: Ariane Labed's leotard |
Script and Continuity Department
| Anna Nikolaou | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Sofia Aivathiadou | ... | coach: Ariane Labed |
| Giorgos Babanaras | ... | production assistant |
| Caterina Caprinato | ... | italian translator |
| Angelo Consoli | ... | italian translator |
| Evdokia Kalamitsi | ... | assistant production manager |
| Demi Kalavrouzioti | ... | legal services |
| Kyriacos Karseras | ... | english translator |
| Sofia Kastanara | ... | accountant |
| Ariane Labed | ... | french translator |
| Theodora Malliarou | ... | production secretary |
| Eleni Manti | ... | caterer |
| Vasilis Marmatakis | ... | titles |
| Manos Mylonakis | ... | insurance |
| Theoni Orfanou | ... | caterer |
| Arhontoula Papapanagiotou | ... | legal services |
| Marcin J. Sobczak | ... | international publicity w/Film Press Plus |
| Elli Tsiforou | ... | italian translator |
Thanks
| Dimitris Alexopoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Dionysia Andrikopoulou | ... | special thanks |
| Lelia Andronikou | ... | special thanks |
| Annabelle Aronis | ... | special thanks (as Annabelle Aroni) |
| Apostolia Babanara | ... | special thanks |
| Drosia Babanara | ... | special thanks |
| Hristos Babanaras | ... | special thanks |
| Thomas Babanaras | ... | special thanks |
| Maria Bagiati | ... | special thanks |
| Thimios Bakatakis | ... | special thanks |
| Jamie Bialkower | ... | special thanks |
| Spyros Boukouras | ... | special thanks |
| Justin Bozonelis | ... | special thanks |
| Drini Bushi | ... | special thanks |
| Edi Bushi | ... | special thanks |
| Loli Bushi | ... | special thanks |
| Naima Carbajal | ... | special thanks |
| Phoenix Catscratch | ... | special thanks |
| Kostas Chaidos | ... | special thanks |
| Angelo Consoli | ... | special thanks |
| Aris Dagios | ... | special thanks |
| Kiki Daskalopoulou | ... | special thanks |
| Thodoros Deftos | ... | special thanks |
| Thania Dimitrakopoulou | ... | special thanks |
| Michel Dimopoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Thanassis Dimou | ... | special thanks |
| Olivia Efstathiou | ... | special thanks |
| Manolis Fellios | ... | special thanks |
| Ioanna Fotopoulou | ... | special thanks |
| Markos Fragos | ... | special thanks |
| Lily Fragou | ... | special thanks |
| Nikos Fysatidis | ... | special thanks |
| Lina Gavra | ... | special thanks |
| Peli Georgiadou | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Geranios | ... | special thanks |
| Kostis Gikas | ... | special thanks |
| Marina Gioti | ... | special thanks |
| Iordanis Hatziioannidis | ... | special thanks |
| Mathilde Henrot | ... | special thanks |
| Seth Horowitz | ... | special thanks |
| Stefania Hougia | ... | special thanks |
| Christos Houliaras | ... | special thanks |
| Kostas Ioannou | ... | special thanks |
| Maria Ioannou | ... | special thanks |
| Coti K. | ... | special thanks (as Coti) |
| Dimitra Kakoulidi | ... | special thanks |
| Eva Kakoulidou | ... | special thanks (as Eva Kakoulidi) |
| Kalliroi Karamanou | ... | special thanks |
| Niki Katsantoni | ... | special thanks |
| Krysanne Katsoolis | ... | special thanks |
| Kali Kavvatha | ... | special thanks |
| Banafsheh Khoshnoudi | ... | special thanks |
| Eleni Kiafi | ... | special thanks |
| Lars Knudsen | ... | special thanks |
| Christos V. Konstantakopoulos | ... | special thanks (as Hristos Konstantakopoulos) |
| Dimosthenis Koresis | ... | special thanks |
| Hristos Kosmas | ... | special thanks (as Christos Kosmas) |
| Thodoris Kostakis | ... | special thanks |
| Athanasia Kotsia | ... | special thanks |
| Ioanna Koutrouvi | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Kyriakos | ... | special thanks |
| Hristos Lainas | ... | special thanks |
| Kostas Lambropoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Jonas Lehec | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Leivaditis | ... | special thanks |
| Babis Makridis | ... | special thanks |
| John Margetis | ... | special thanks |
| Marsheux | ... | special thanks |
| Mercadonegro | ... | special thanks |
| Loukia Minetou | ... | special thanks (as Loukia Minettou) |
| Giorgos Mylias | ... | special thanks |
| Alexander Negrelli | ... | special thanks |
| Dinos Nikolaou | ... | special thanks |
| Marilena Orfanou | ... | special thanks |
| Panagiotis Pantelatos | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Papagiannopoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Papaioannou | ... | thanks |
| Giorgos Papalios | ... | special thanks |
| Ioanna Papara | ... | special thanks |
| Alexandros Papastergiou | ... | special thanks |
| Klairi Papastergiou | ... | special thanks |
| Dina Papoulia | ... | special thanks |
| Eleni Papoulia | ... | special thanks |
| Makis Papoulias | ... | special thanks |
| Carlos Pietro | ... | special thanks |
| Theodora Pikrou | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Politis | ... | special thanks |
| Alessandro Raja | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Salepakis | ... | special thanks |
| Eleni Sgontzou | ... | special thanks |
| Melita Skamnaki | ... | special thanks |
| Yota Skouvara | ... | special thanks (as Giota Skouvara) |
| Eirini Souganidou | ... | special thanks |
| Spooky | ... | special thanks |
| Vasilis Spyropoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Thanasis Stathopoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Sokratis Stefanidis | ... | special thanks |
| Brigitte Suarez | ... | special thanks |
| Maro Tsabira | ... | special thanks |
| Nikoleta Tsagari | ... | special thanks |
| Ioanna Tsaggari | ... | special thanks |
| Foteini Tsakiri | ... | special thanks |
| Eva Tsakou | ... | special thanks |
| Minas Tsavas | ... | special thanks |
| Elli Tsiforou | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Tsokopoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Elena Tzavara | ... | special thanks (as Eleni Tzavara) |
| Jay Van Hoy | ... | special thanks |
| Kostas Varelidis | ... | special thanks |
| Despoina Varelidou | ... | special thanks (as Despo Varelidou) |
| Jean-Marie Verlet | ... | special thanks |
| Odysseas Voudouris | ... | special thanks |
| Alexander Voulgaris | ... | special thanks |
| Marios Vouros | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Vrahnos | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Weber | ... | special thanks |
| Babis Zafeiropoulos | ... | special thanks |
| Athanasia Zitouniati | ... | special thanks |
| Hristos Zouras | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Haos Film
- Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) (co-production)
- Faliro House Productions (co-production)
- Feelgood Entertainment (co-production)
- Nova (co-production)
- Marni Films (co-production)
- Avion Films (co-production)
- Cactus Three (co-production)
- Maharaja Films (co-production)
- Greek Film Centre (GFC) (with the support of)
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union (with the support of)
- Queen Street Partners
Distributors
- A3 Distribution (2013) (France) (theatrical)
- Feelgood Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Kino Lorber (2012) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Vertigo Média Kft. (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Øst for Paradis (2012) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Against Gravity (2012) (Poland)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
- Filmfreak Distributie (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Films We Like (2011) (Canada)
- Interior13 Cine (2012) (Mexico) (in collaboration with NDMantarraya)
- NDMantarraya (2012) (Mexico)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (digital)
- trigon-film (2017) (Switzerland)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- AXA Insurance (insurances)
- Aegean Airlines (sponsor)
- Athens Casting (casting)
- Athens General Hospital (special thanks)
- Athens Oscar Hotel (special thanks)
- E.J. Papadopoulos (sponsor)
- Echo Studio (dolby mastering)
- Echo Studio (sound post-production)
- Ekso Productions (camera equipment provided by)
- Graal (digital imaging services)
- Graal (post-production)
- Haos Film (post-production)
- I Hear Voices (sound post-production)
- Ilion City Sports Organization (DAO) (special thanks)
- Ioannou Glass (special thanks)
- Karamanos AE (lenses)
- Kinou Conseil (cinematographer agent)
- Kodak Cinelabs Greece (film recording)
- Kodak Cinelabs Greece (post-production facilities)
- Kodak Cinelabs Greece (post-production)
- Kodak (film stock)
- Kostis Lighting (special thanks)
- MNP (special thanks)
- Municipality of Ilion (special thanks)
- Narkissos Hall (special thanks)
- Neo Athinaion (special thanks)
- Neo Athinaion (sponsor)
- Nespresso (sponsor)
- PepsiCo-Ivi (sponsor)
- Pinewood Studios (optical processing)
- Recordman (special thanks)
- Salina Travel (special thanks)
- Tea Route (sponsor)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
To ease the pain of the bereaved after the loss of a beloved one, a handful of eclectic misfits decide to form a company, The Alps. Of course, for a small fee, its discreet, well-trained staff can be whomever the customer desires, be it a cherished son or a dead spouse; the Alps' employees can even learn the dear deceased's quirks and mannerisms to speed the mourning process up. However, what happens if one of the Alps breaks protocol and becomes too attached to the client? Written by Nick Riganas |
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| Taglines | When the end is here the Alps are near. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | EUR97,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Efthymis Filippou, screenwriter, had to step in as the "owner of the lighting shop" two days before shooting of the film started. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Venice Film Festival 2011 (2011). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Popcorn See more » |
| Quotes |
Stretcher-bearer:
[speaking to the nurse]
We're going to do a test. I'm going to use this object. If it doesn't change colour and stays white, then it automatically means you are competent and reliable, and can stay in our group. If it changes colour, there are two possibilities. First, it might turn blue. If it turns blue, then it automatically means that you are competent, but unreliable. Therefore? There's no therefore. It doesn't really matter if it turns blue. It's just something I said. The second and worst possible outcome is for this club to turn red. Which means automatically that you are too unreliable to and too incompetent to stay with us. Let's see. [He stares at the club for a long time. Its color does not change. Suddenly, he hits her over the head with the club] Stretcher-bearer: It changed. It turned red. I'm afraid you'll have to go. See more » |