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While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
- Release Date
15 April 1988
- DirectingGuy Maddin
- Budget
$25,000.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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