A Film by Veit Helmer
Young apprentice and daydreamer Anton lives and works in a vast, once-grand
bathhouse, now ancient and crumbling, where citizens go to escape their dreary
lives. Into his world comes the beautiful Eva, who represents a way out, and
a lifetime of adventure...
"Imagine, if you will, a beloved bastard child of Charlie Chaplin and
Sergei Eisenstein, or of Jean Vigo and Chuck Jones -- Delicatessen by way of
Metropolis. This unique burlesque goulash feeds the soul and intoxicates the
senses." - Austin Chronicle
"Viet Helmer's wildly whimsical debut film is the kind of movie that might
one day find itself in the hall of fame of surreal movie weirdness alongside
cult favorites like Eraserhead, Delicatessen and the avant-garde frolics of
Guy Maddin." -New York Times
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