Careful

Friday, October 11 - Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Guy Maddin’s early masterpiece takes place in a 19th-century Alpine village where the wary residents —adult, child and animal!—must speak softly and tread lightly lest they cause an avalanche. But sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangles and quadrangles with deadly consequences. Bathed in lurid, luminescent tints, CAREFUL resembles a vintage melodrama from another planet—something that could only emerge from the singular mind of Maddin.

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Part of our retrospective Forbidden Rooms: The Films of Guy Maddin

  • Country Canada
  • Year 1992
  • Running Time 100 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Zeitgeist Films
  • Director Guy Maddin
  • Cast Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Brent Neale, Paul Cox
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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