Synopsis: Visionary Canadian auteur Guy Maddin's (Cowards Bend the Knee, Brand Upon The Brain!, My Winnipeg) masterpiece takes place in a 19th-century Alpine village where the wary residents - adult, child and animal! - must speak softly and tread lightly lest they cause an avalanche. But sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangles and quadrangles with deadly consequences.