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Brand Upon the Brain!
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NR,1hr 35min
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Released:
May 16, 2007
Distributor:
Vitagraph Films
Synopsis: Guy Maddin wrote and directed this wildly idiosyncratic look at one man revisiting his dysfunctional childhood. Guy (Erik Steffan Maahs) is a house painter who, at the urging of his aging mother (Gretchen Krich), returns to the tiny Canadian island where he grew up to put a fresh coat of paint on the lighthouse that was the family home. As Guy tries to cover the wear and tear of many years, he can't help but think back to his troubled youth; young Guy (Sullivan Brown) and his older sister (Maya Lawson) ... Full Synopsis
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It's an astonishing film: weird, obsessed, drawing on subterranean impulses, hypnotic. Read Review
Metascore
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79
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Grown-up Guy Maddin
Young Guy Maddin
DVD Detailed Information
Brand Upon the Brain! [Criterion Collection]
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