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2007

1h 38m

6.6(67 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Interlocuter

Erik Steffen Maahs

Grown-up Guy Maddin

Sullivan Brown

Young Guy Maddin

Gretchen Krich

Mother

Maya Lawson

Sis

Jake Morgan-Scharhon

Jake Morgan-Scharhon

Chance Hale / Wendy Hale

Andrew Loviska

Savage Tom

Kellan Larson

Neddie

Todd Jefferson Moore

Father

Megan Murphy

Murderous Sister

Creative team

Directed by: Guy Maddin
Written by: Guy Maddin
George Toles
Produced by: Gregg Lachow
Amy E. Jacobso

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