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Paperhouse
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
1988 · Directed by Bernard Rose · 92 min · Drama · Fantasy · Horror · 10 frames
Tagline
A drawing that became a dream. A dream that became reality.
Crew
- Screenplay: Matthew Jacobs
- Cinematography: Mike Southon
- Edited by: Dan Rae
- Music: Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer
- Production design: Gemma Jackson
- Produced by: Tim Bevan, Sarah Radclyffe
Cast
- Charlotte Burke as Anna Madden
- Elliott Spiers as Marc
- Glenne Headly as Kate Madden
- Gemma Jones as Dr. Sarah Nicols
- Ben Cross as Dad
- Jane Bertish as Miss Vanstone
- Sarah Newbold as Karen
- Steven O'Donnell as Dustman
- Samantha Cahill as Sharon
- Gary Bleasdale as Policeman
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Working Title
- Box office: $241,278
- Themes: dreams, nightmare, house, lighthouse, disabled child, drawing, childhood, imaginary world, dreaming
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