- Original name: Marionette
- Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg, UK
- Genre: thriller, detective
- Producer: E. van Strien
- World premiere: 28 September 2020
- Premiere in Russia: September 24, 2020 (Volga)
- Starring: P. Mullan, T. Ryuten, R. Front, B. Paterson, I. Elliott, S. Hazeldine, P. Chanda, D. Steele, J. ten Haaf, E. Wolfe and others.
- Duration: 112 minutes
The Russian premiere of the European mystical thriller The Puppet will take place in online cinemas on September 24, 2020. The film tells the story of a female therapist who loses control of reality when a ten-year-old boy claims she can control her future. Watch the trailer for The Puppet, due in 2020.
About the plot
Marian is a successful child psychotherapist. One day she meets a 10-year-old boy, Manny, who is gloomy and withdrawn. He will make Marian doubt his competence, and later the reality of what is happening. His strange drawings then seem to come to life, being transferred from the album sheet into the matter of reality ...
As it turned out, these are not just harmless childhood fantasies. These are chilling plots, striking in their cruelty and gloom, the heroes of which are now puppets in a game unknown to anyone.
Production
The director's post was taken by Elbert van Strien (Black Water).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Ben Hopkins ("The Nine Lives of Thomas Katz", "Simon Magus"), E. van Strien;
- Producers: Burney Bose (Ben X), Claudia Brandt (Black Water), E. van Strien;
- Cinematography: Guido van Gennep (Divorce in English, Bay of Silence);
- Artists: Anne Vinterink (Weekend with the Family), Maarten Pirsma (Black Book, America's Next Top Model), Uli Simon (Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden);
- Editing: Herman P. Curts (Jeans Crusade);
- Music: An Otten (Clean Hands, Black Water), Maurits Overdulf (Waiting Room).
Studios
- Accento Films
- Black camel pictures
- BosBros
- Samsa Film S.a.r.l.
The film was filmed primarily on the site of a former Catholic Junior Seminary in Scotland, St Mary's College, Blairs, Aberdeen.
Cast
Cast:
- Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters, War Horse, Boy A, My Name Is Joe, Tyrannosaurus);
- Tekla Ryuten (Lay Down in Bruges, Lost);
- Rebecca Front (Thick of Action, Lewis, Doctor Who, Poirot);
- Bill Paterson (Richard III, Miss Potter, The Losers' Club, The Witches, Chaplin);
- Iman Elliott ("Mud", "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", "Tell It to the Bees," "Prometheus");
- Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders, Pure English Murders, Foyle's War);
- Pearl Chanda (Young Morse);
- Dawn Steele (Crimes of the Past);
- Jochm ten Haaf (The Last King Crossing the Line, Dunkirk);
- Elijah Wolfe (T2 Trainspotting (Trainspotting 2)).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- The slogan of the picture: "Who plays with your fate?"
- The film is also known as The Repression.
You can watch the movie "The Puppet" in online cinemas from September 24, 2020.
Material prepared by the editors of the website kinofilmpro.ru