Synopsis
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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Cast
- Isabella RosselliniInterlocuter
- Erik Steffen MaahsGrown-up Guy Maddin
- Sullivan BrownYoung Guy Maddin
- Gretchen KrichMother
- Maya LawsonSis
- Jake Morgan-ScharhonChance Hale / Wendy Hale
- Andrew LoviskaSavage Tom
- Kellan LarsonNeddie
- Todd Jefferson MooreFather
- Megan MurphyMurderous Sister
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
Audacious, hypnotic and utterly breathtaking. - 88
New York Post
Not many people are making silent horror serials these days, but Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin pushes his love of lurid melodrama to the limit in his latest demented treat, Brand Upon the Brain! - 88
Chicago Tribune
The film is a singular achievement. - 80
The New York Times
Delirious, ingenious, often very funny and strangely touching film. - 80
Salon
The result is giddy, exciting and hilarious, not quite like any artistic experience you've ever had. - 80
Chicago Reader
Enhanced by Jason Staczek's superb score, this is characteristically intense and, unlike most of Maddin's silent-movie models, frenetically edited. - 75
The A.V. Club
Coming after the inspired trifecta of "Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary," "Cowards Bend The Knee," and "The Saddest Music In The World," Brand feels a little like boilerplate Maddin rather than a fresh burst of inspiration. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Winnepeg filmmaker Guy Maddin isn't known for run-of-the-mill movies, but the feature he debuted at the Toronto Fest was outrageous even for him. A silent film taking the form of a twelve-chapter Feuillade-flavored serial and designed to have live accompaniment, the movie itself is a match for any of his features to date, and could outstrip earlier efforts in the arthouse arena.
