Movie
Brand Upon the Brain!
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-05-09
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Film Company
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Isabella Rossellini as Interlocuter
- Erik Steffen Maahs as Grown-up Guy Maddin
- Sullivan Brown as Young Guy Maddin
- Gretchen Krich as Mother
- Maya Lawson as Sis
- Jake Morgan-Scharhon as Chance Hale / Wendy Hale
- Andrew Loviska as Savage Tom
- Kellan Larson as Neddie
- Todd Jefferson Moore as Father
- Megan Murphy as Murderous Sister
- Cathleen O'Malley as Young Mother
- Clayton Corzatte as Old Father
Crew
- Guy Maddin - Director
- Guy Maddin - Writer
- George Toles - Writer
- Louis Negin - Writer
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