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2010 · Movie · 83 min · ★ 7.2 · 90% critics
After a brutal assault leaves a man with lasting brain injury and little money, he creates his own path to recovery by building a detailed, small-scale World War II town in his backyard. As he stages stories with miniature figures and photographs the scenes, his private world begins to draw attention beyond his quiet daily life.
Also known as Village of the Dolls
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-03-12
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (67 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re drawn to intimate documentaries about creativity as coping and don’t mind spending lots of time inside one person’s handmade world; Not for you if you want a faster pace or lighter themes, like Finding Vivian Maier.
Pros: moving recovery story; imaginative miniature world; compassionate, intimate access | Cons: slow, stretched runtime; unsettling sexual undertones; repetitive doll scenarios
Cast & crew
- MH
Mark Hogancamp
as Self
- EN
Emmanuel Nneji
as Self
- EH
Edda Hogancamp
as Self
- TN
Tom Neubauer
as Self
- JS
Julie Swarthout
as Self
- JW
Janet Wikane
as Self
- MW
Mark Wikane
as Self
- BE
Bert
as Self
- LB
Lisa Bruck
as Self
- CV
Colleen Vargo
as Self
Directed by Jeff Malmberg