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Canada, 1992
Directed by Guy Maddin
Starring Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville
Approx. 100 min.

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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Reviews

“Like some lost masterpiece from a time-warped alternative dimension—a strange artifact that time forgot.”
– The Washington Post

“A Freudian wasp’s nest of incestuous desire and sibling rivalry.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Like observing a dream from an ancient time. A mash-up of mysteries and manners. Guy Maddin, I believe, is one of the masters who is dissatisfied with today’s film landscape. He likes to return to cinematic treasure chests and speculate on their various evolutionary paths. CAREFUL is a powerful declaration of resistance.”
– Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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