Brand Upon the Brain!

Brand Upon the Brain!

2007 · 98 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (67 votes)
Dir. Guy Maddin · Starring Isabella Rossellini, Erik Steffen Maahs, Sullivan Brown, Gretchen Krich, Maya Lawson, Jake Morgan-Scharhon · Music Jason Staczek
DramaMystery

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

VIBE

A hauntingly beautiful, dreamlike journey into the labyrinth of memory and childhood. Its silent, expressionist style creates a surreal, melancholic atmosphere that lingers long after the credits roll.

surrealwhimsicalmelancholicdreamlikesteadysilent filmarthousesurrealismexpressionistchildhoodidentityfamilymemory
silent film