First Synopsis and Images: ‘Alps,’ From ‘Dogtooth’ Director Yorgos Lanthimos (H ΠΡΩΤΗ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΙΣ ΠΟΛΥΑΝΑΜΕΝΩΜΕΝΕΣ "ΑΛΠΕΙΣ" ΤΟΥ ΛΑΝΘΙΜΟΥ)

Ιf you were to ask me what I think about Dogtooth, the last film from Yorgos Lanthimos and one of the strangest family portraits ever made, my response would probably vary based on any number of factors that are subject to fluctuation. It is a complex movie that gets a complex response, and I have both loved and hated it to various extremes. It's one thing to just like or dislike a film, but the intense, dynamic response provoked by Dogtooth is something far fewer films ever earn. That's why I'm so excited for Alps, the director's new film [1], in which Dogtooth actress Aggeliki Papoulia once again takes a prominent role. The film is about a service that provides stand-ins for the recently deceased, the idea being to help console grieving survivors.
Or that seems to be the idea. Lanthimos has said [2] that Alps is "darker and funnier [than Dogtooth]. It goes »


- Russ Fischer


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8-8-2011