Paperhouse

Paperhouse

A drawing that became a dream. A dream that became reality.

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Release Date

9/10/1988

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$241,278

Homepage

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A haunting blend of childhood wonder and creeping dread, where a girl's pencil sketches become a gateway to a dreamscape that grows increasingly sinister. The film moves between the mundane ache of loneliness and something far more dangerous lurking on the edges of her drawings.

Mood

WistfulUnsettlingMelancholicIntimate

Themes

IsolationFriendshipComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastStylized genre

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Child endangerment

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