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Peter Glahn is a former political prisoner who is returning to his homeland, the mythical Mandragora where the sun never sets. On board the ship home, he meets the mysterious Juliana Kossel who vanish...( read more  read more... )es after stealing his heart. Once he arrives, he goes to the family ostrich farm run by his sister Amelia. Amelia has since fallen for the vain Dr Solti who has a hold on both Zephyr, the widow of a local fisherman, and Juliana. Solti''s true obsession is a recently discovered statue of Venus that possesses strange powers. Amelia eventually takes out her frustration on her handyman and the rest of the group ends up dead, spurned, or crazy.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Guy Maddin

Release Date: January 1, 1998

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  • February 9, 2009
    A prisoner returns to his childhood home on an ostrich farm, and becomes involved with two mysterious women. An uninspiring protagonist in an uninvolving plot leads to a slow slog through a surrealist bog, thankfully livened by wonderfully stylized sets with brash, clashing colo...( read more)r schemes that make the film work (somewhat) as a kind of slide-show with dialogue.
  • January 30, 2008
    Great Guy Maddin weirdness. Hilarious and great eye candy. Must see for Maddin fans.
  • September 24, 2009
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  • June 17, 2008
    Saw it a long time ago, it was okay, it had a lot of weird sets and clothing and even the dialogue was unusual, it was okay, I didn't hate it.
  • February 13, 2007
    kinda confusing lolz
  • January 13, 2007
    It was just plan boring and slow with a jumbled story. Could production value and okay acting.

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