Canadian director Guy Maddin's "Brand Upon the Brain" is a silent film that reveals the shocking truth about his hellish childhood on a remote island under the watchful eye of a crazed mother hellbent on restoring her youth and a diabolically distant scientist-father, proprietors of a mom-and-pop orphanage that surreptitiously operate within the dank confines of the family lighthouse. Watch! as the sex instinct grabs hold of young Maddin and his sister! Thrill! as the Mysteries of the Light House are divined by teen detectives! Reel! at the headstrong invention and heart-stopping rhythms of the elder Maddin's heroic silent moviemaking!! Advance tickets available online at movietickets.com.
Production The Film Company;
Cast Names Gretchen Krich; Sullivan Brown; Maya Lawson; Katherine E. Scharhon; Todd Moore; Andrew Loviska; Kellan Larson; Erik Steffen Maahs; Cathleen O'Malley; Clayton Corzatte; Susan Corzatte; Megan Murphy; Annette Toutonghi; David Lobo; Eric Lobo; Sarah Harlett; Dan Tierney; David Armo; Erica Badgely; Riley Calcagno; Jesa Chiro; Munya Chiro; Bailey Gibart; Frank Hughes; AnnieRose Kafer; Emma Kelley; Eleanor Kopf; Sam Kopf; Charlie Lachow; Sam Lachow; Maia Lee; Emma Mercer; Lucia Moser; Madeleine Moser; Eli Pruzan; Connor Russell; Electra Fire Scott; Vincent Scott; Iris Seiwerath; Ruby Seiwerath;
Release Date 2006-10-15 (New York Film Festival) 2007-05-09 (limited) 2007-07-26 (Detroit Festival of the Arts)