Brand Upon the Brain!

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Theatrical Release Date:

05/09/2007

DVD Release Date:

08/12/2008

Run Time:

95min.

Starring:

Erik Steffen Maahs , Gretchen Lee Krich , Sullivan Brown , Maya Lawson , Katherine E. Scharhon

Director(s):

Guy Maddin

Distributor(s):

Vitagraph Films

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: 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 ... Read More

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