ALPS
synopsis
A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach have formed a service for hire. They stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by the relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased. The company is called Alps. Their leader, the paramedic, calls himself Mont Blanc. Although the Alps members operate under a disciplined regime demanded by their leader, the nurse does not.
international title: | Alps |
original title: | Alpeis |
country: | Greece, France |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Yorgos Lanthimos |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | GR 27/10/2011, SE 10/02/2012, ES 13/04/2012, DE 14/06/2012, NL 19/04/2012, DK 03/05/2012, PL 24/08/2012, UK 09/11/2012, BE 02/01/2013, FR 27/03/2013, IT 28/12/2016 |
screenplay: | Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou |
cast: | Angeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Johnny Vekris |
cinematography by: | Christos Voudouris |
film editing: | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
art director: | Anna Georgiadou |
producer: | Athina Rachel Tsangari, Yorgos Lanthimos, Christos Voudouris, Andreas Zoupanos Kritikos, Johnny Vekris, Angeliki Papoulia, Maria Hatzakou, Matt Johnson, Thanos Papastergiou |
production: | Haos Film, Feelgood Films, Marni Films, Avion Films |
distributor: | Avalon, Rapid Eye Movies, Imagine, A3 Distribution |