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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Yorgos Lanthimos
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Stavros Psyllakis | ... |
Nurse's father
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Johnny Vekris | ... |
Coach
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Nurse
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Efthymis Filippou | ... |
Lighting shop owner
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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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beach | bare breasts | rhythmic gymnastics | female nudity | attempted suicide |Taglines:
When the end is here the Alps are near.Genres:
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Release Date:
27 October 2011 (Greece) See more »Also Known As:
Alps See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$2,628 (USA) (13 July 2012)Gross:
$5,981 (USA) (27 July 2012)Company Credits
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The 15 Rules of the Alps: An Alps member: 1. Must declare in advance the things he or she is unwilling to do by filling out Form 1 (e.g. kissing, lifting weights, travelling, etc.). 2. Must also declare in advance the things he or she is good at by filling out Form 2 (e.g. dancing, waterskiing, discussing, etc.). 3. Must have some basic knowledge of psychology and sociology. 4. Is obliged to support, under all circumstances, the interests of the Alps group. 5. Must respect other Alps members. 6. Has the right to change their nickname only twice. They cannot choose a nickname belonging to another Alps member. The nickname must strictly be the name of a mountain in the Alps, and not something general or irrelevant (e.g. Blonde, Master, Dragon, etc.). 7. Can never talk about Alps activities with non-Alps members. 8. Is obliged to take the Gymnastics Club Test, if necessary. 9. Must be over 14 years of age. 10. Should always be smart, clean, punctual, and in complete control. 11. Must never get emotionally involved with clients, or have intimate relations with them. 12. Cannot change his or her physical appearance without the Leader's permission (e.g. dye their hair, lose or gain weight, wear coloured contact lenses, etc.). 13. Must be able to make convincing facial expressions (sadness, happiness, despair, etc.). 14. Must honor the title of their membership, and be ready to kill or die for it. 15. Must never attack another Alps member, and must believe in teamwork.Mont Blanc, Leader of the Alps group January 2008 See more »
Alps was so close to becoming another brilliant Yorgos Lanthimos film but, unfortunately, it fell flat as nondescript, self-absorbed attempt at creating significance out of absurdity.
I know for fact that Lanthimos is brilliant and he is one of my favorite filmmakers, but I can't pretend to enjoy this one. I never complained about Lanthimos' abnormal-made-normal stories and techniques and I never will (I love them actually); this movie, however, lacked the glue that hold these elements together and came out as an uttered great line.
Alps is a good idea ruined by execution. Sorry, Lanthimos.