Tales from the Gimli Hospital

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Canada, 1989, 72 min

Directed by:

Guy Maddin

Screenplay:

Guy Maddin

Cinematography:

Guy Maddin
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Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century, Tales From the Gimli Hospital is a dreamlike, elliptical film which explores the jealousy and madness instilled in two men who share a hospital room “in a Gimli we no longer know.” (Zeitgeist Films)