Brand Upon the Brain!

Name: Brand Upon the Brain!
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 2007
Rating: 83.5
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Erik Steffen Maahs, Sullivan Brown, Gretchen Krich, Maya Lawson

2007·Movie

1h 38min

Ratings

83/100

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7.3

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About

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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Genres: Surreal Drama Psychological Thriller
Mood: Darkly ComedicSurrealDisturbingUnsettlingMacabre
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
Coming Of AgeFamily DysfunctionThe Human ConditionIdentity CrisisMadness
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Family SecretsForbidden LoveComing-Of-AgePsychological HorrorRevengeChildhood TraumaObsessionUnreliable Narrator
Pacing: Slow BuildUnpredictable
Narrative: Nonlinear NarrativeFlashbacks
Dialog: Witty BanterPhilosophical DiscussionsPoetic LanguageMonologues
Character Types: SageSidekickVillainInnocentAnti-HeroOrphan
Humor: Surreal HumorDark ComedySituational ComedyDeadpan HumorTwisted Humor
Time: 1920sPast Era
Place: Coastal VillageIsland ParadiseVictorian Mansion
Cinematic Style: Long TakesHandheld Camera WorkHigh Contrast LightingBlack And White CinematographyDutch Angles
Costume and Set: Rustic SettingsElaborate MakeupPeriod-Accurate Costumes

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Guy Maddin, Noel Paul, Apryl Richards

Written by:

Guy Maddin, George Toles, Louis Negin

Produced by:

Philip Wohlstetter, A.J. Epstein, Joy Fairfield

Composed by:

Jason Staczek

Cast

Isabella Rossellini

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