Tuvalu

Tuvalu is a 1999 experimental movie from Germany. The style evokes early 20th Century Silent movies and motifs commonly found in German expressionism. The sparse dialog is presented in a mix of European languages. Young apprentice and daydreamer Anton is an eccentric loner who dreams of the open seas and works in a vast, once-grand bathhouse. Now ancient and crumbling pool is where local citizens go to escape their dreary lives. Into this world comes the beautiful young Eva who has a similar desire for adventure as Anton and finds herself drawn to his strange ways. Unfortunately Gregor, Anton's evil older brother, plots to tear down the bathhouse and the surrounding town to make way for his real estate development, and Anton need to save both his bathhouse and win Eva's heart. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)