Tuvalu

– Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 41 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Tuvalu (1999)

Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind father that business is thriving. Working to sabotage their efforts is Gregor - Anton's brother - an amoral developer who is determined to raze the entire town and construct a sprawling condominium complex. Gregor engineers an accident that seems certain to doom the business and in the process steals away Eva, the beautiful woman of Anton's dreams. Will Gregor's dastardly plan succeed?

Release Date:

22 Jun 2000

Language:

None

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Veit Helmer

Writer:

Michaela Beck (screenplay), Veit Helmer (screenplay), Lyudmila Merdzhanska (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay, Terrence Gillespie

Plot:

In a desolate and colorless landscape stands a dilapidated bathhouse run by a puffed-up blind man, his long-suffering wife, and their son Anton, who does all the work. He's lonely and unsophisticated, and he falls in love with the beautiful Eva, who comes to bathe with her father. When Eva and her father lose their home, they come to the bathhouse to stay, but bits of the ceiling fall on the old man and he dies. Eva blames Anton, and she seems to seek the arms of the brute Gregor. Can Anton win back her heart, get the bathhouse through a rigorous government inspection, and help keep his parents employed? Waiting out there somewhere is the paradise isle of Tuvalu.

Awards:

24 wins & 11 nominations.

Gross profit:

$135,270

Production:

Indican Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
Metacritic:
58%