Impolex

A film debut by Alex Ross Perry is a free adaptation of Gravity's Rainbow, a famous novel by Thomas Pynchon. While it qualifies for an absurd comedy, don't expect gusts of laughter as its humour is rather refined. The entire picture takes place in a forest that provides a mysterious backdrop for the roams of Tyrone, a clumsy soldier of the U.S. Army. The World War II is over and Tyrone has been assigned with a task to locate and retrieve two V2 missiles. Tyrone has already found one and now he carries it while searching for the second one, which is even more important because it is the prototype with number "00". Along the way, Tyrone keeps meeting strange characters such as Lazlo Impolex, his army buddy – a talking octopus or a mysterious young woman. They are all characters from his past or perhaps from his future. His journey through the forest is also a trip through his consciousness. (IFF Bratislava)