The Twilight of the Ice Nymphs Movie Review 1997

Welcome once again to filmmaker Maddin's weird world. Peter Glahn (Whitney) is released from prison and travels back to his mythical home in Mandragora, where the sun never sets. At the family ostrich farm, his sister Amelia (Duvall) is smitten with Dr. Solti (Thompson) who has unearthed a mysterious statue of Venus that apparently has strange powers. And Peter gets involved with two women, Zephyr (Krige) and Julianna (Bussieres), who also have ties to the doctor. Deliberately artificial and hallucinatory.

Distribution

Zeitgeist Films Ltd., 247 Centre St., New York, NY 10013, Phone: (212)274-1989, Toll-free: 800-509-0448, Fax: (212)274-1644, Email: orders@zeitgeistfilms.com, URL: http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, Fantasy, Doctors & Nurses

Screenplay

George Toles

Cast

Pascale Bussieres, R.H. Thomson, Alice Krige, Nigel Whitney, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin, Ross McMillan

Cinematography

Michael Marshall

Director

Guy Maddin

Music

John McCulloch