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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Isabella Rossellini
Interlocuter
Erik Steffen Maahs
Grown-up Guy Maddin
Sullivan Brown
Young Guy Maddin
Gretchen Krich
Mother
Maya Lawson
Sis
Jake Morgan-Scharhon
Chance Hale / Wendy Hale
Andrew Loviska
Savage Tom
Kellan Larson
Neddie
Todd Jefferson Moore
Father
Megan Murphy
Murderous Sister
Cathleen O'Malley
Young Mother
Clayton Corzatte
Old Father
Susan Corzatte
Old Mother
Annette Toutonghi
Murderous Sister
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- Release Date 05/09/2007
- Language English
- Director Guy Maddin
- Writers Louis Negin, George Toles, Guy Maddin
- Editor John Gurdebeke
- Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke
- Producers Amy E. Jacobso, Gregg Lachow
- Company The Film Company
- Homepage www.branduponthebrain.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Sep 8, 2006 | Premiere (Toronto International Film Festival) | 18A |
| United States | Oct 15, 2006 | Premiere (New York Film Festival) | NR |
| United States | May 9, 2007 | Theatrical (Limited) (New York City, New York) | — |
| France | Sep 24, 2008 | Theatrical | — |
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