Year: 2000
Runtime: 6 mins
Director: Guy Maddin
In this pure fantasia, a frantic quest to prevent a planetary heart attack unfolds alongside a passionate rivalry between two brothers—one a mortician, the other an actor portraying Christ—who vie for the affection of a scientist researching the Earth’s core.
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