Tuvalu

TUVALU is an island the main characters dream about as a place of refuge. A dream that seems unlikely to come true, given the fact that they are cut off from the outside world in a once opulent but now run-down and largely deserted swimming pool. "A small sensation" (Spiegel.de)

Keywords

  • Love
  • Made in Germany
  • Storyline: Sons
  • Storyline: True Romance
  • Veit Helmer
  • family
  • work

Actors

  • Denis Lavant
  • Chulpan Khamatova
  • Philippe Clay
  • Terrence Gillespie

Director

  • Veit Helmer

Drama, Romance


1h 31min


0 FSK

DE

Germany
1999
In Veit Helm's fairy-tale feature debut, shy Anton struggles to prevent the closure of his family's dilapidated indoor swimming pool.

In Veit Helm's fairy-tale feature debut, shy Anton struggles to prevent the closure of his family's dilapidated indoor swimming pool.


TUVALU is an island the main characters dream about as a place of refuge. A dream that seems unlikely to come true, given the fact that they are cut off from the outside world in a once opulent but now run-down and largely deserted swimming pool. "A small sensation" (Spiegel.de)

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Cast & Crew