Brand Upon the Brain!

18A
1h 38m
2007
6.54 /10 (63)

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.

Country : Canada, United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 2007-05-09

Top Billed Cast

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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