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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
“It all happened in a Gimli we no longer know.”
5.9 / 10• 1988• 1h 4m•NR• English
ComedyHorror
Storyline
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Cast & Crew
Kyle McCulloch
Einar the Lonely / Minstrel
LeadMG
Michael Gottli
Gunnar
AH
Angela Heck
Snjófridur
MA
Margaret Anne MacLeod
Amma
HN
Heather Neale
Granddaughter
DN
David Neale
Grandson
DH
Don Hewak
John Ramsay
RE
Ron Eyolfson
Pastor Osbaldison / Patient
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Guy Maddin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tales from the Gimli Hospital is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
