Dark Comedy | 83 minutes | English | CANADA-DENMARK
A once-famous painter rediscovers inspiration when he befriends a sleepwalking cannibal.
A film by Boris Rodriguez
Winner: Black Tulip Professional Critics Award, Imagine Amsterdam
Winner: Méliès d’Argent, Leeds IFF
Starring
Thure Lindhardt (Angels & Demons, Into the Wild)
Georgina Reilly (Pontypool, This Movie is Broken)
Dylan Smith (300, Murder on the Orient Express)
Al Goulem (18 to Life, Snake Eyes)
Paul Braunstein (The Gospel of John)
and Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, History of Violence, the Fountain)
Lars Olaafsen , once a young celebrity in the art world is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens. Ronny, his long-time art dealer wants his meal ticket back but Lars refuses to paint. His creativity comes at too high a cost. His inspiration is carnage – blood, guts and limbs – and he’s vowed to never go down that dark road again. An overly eager Ronny arranges a job for Lars teaching art in a small town. It’s a “therapeutic measure” – a means to conquer his need to paint while in the “safety” of a country retreat…
Despite the odd assortment of local eccentrics (and a couple of hostile teachers) things look promising overall for Lars at his new job. That is, until he meets 30-year-old Eddie, a brawny mute who attends the school and harbours a dark and sordid secret of his own…
#SleepwalkingCannibal #WhoIsEddie
