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Brand Upon the Brain!

Original title: Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters
2006 · 1 h 35 min
Directed by Guy Maddin
ComedyDramaFantasy

Cast

Erik Steffen Maahs Gretchen Krich Susan Corzatte Isabella Rossellini

Plot

A silent film about children experimented upon in a lighthouse orphanage.

Sinekatalog’s take

Guy Maddin's silent-style memoir imagines a lighthouse orphanage where children are secretly experimented on. Feverish, jittery and funny, with live narration in its original showings, it is a delirious, strange dream of memory.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (3,893 votes)
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