Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass
2024 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom
Synopsis of Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass
A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a son, Jozef, visiting his dying Father in a remote Galician Sanatorium. Upon arrival Jozef finds the Sanatorium entirely moribund and run by a dubious Doctor Gotard who tells him that his father’s death, the death that has struck him in his country has not yet occurred, and that here they are always late by a certain interval of time of which the length cannot be defined. Jozef will come to realise that the Sanatorium is a floating world halfway between sleep and wakefulness and that time and events cannot be measured in any tangible form.
Direction Stephen Quay · Timothy Quay
Soundtrack Timothy Nelson · Alfred Schnittke
Screenplay Stephen Quay · Timothy Quay
Cinematography Bartosz Bieniek
Original title Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass
5.4
70 votes (FilmAffinity)
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