Careful
1992 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada
In the remote Alpine village of Tolzbad at the turn of the century, people talk quietly and restrain their movements lest avalanches come and kill them. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sound film, complete with intertitles, deliberately crackly soundtrack and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.
Direction Guy Maddin
Cast Kyle McCulloch · Gosia Dobrowolska · Sarah Neville · Paul Cox · Brent Neale · Victor Cowie · Michael O'Sullivan · Katya Gardner · Rebecca Gibson
Soundtrack John McCulloch
Screenplay Guy Maddin · George Toles
Cinematography Guy Maddin
Original title Careful
6.7
60 votes (FilmAffinity)
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