Plot
A painter struggling for inspiration finds an unexpected muse after he accepts a teaching position in a small town and becomes the caregiver to Eddie, a seemingly docile art student with a rare sleepwalking condition.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 5.4/10 (722 voted)
Director:Boris Rodriguez
Storyline
Lars Olafssen, once a young celebrity in the art world is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny, is now an ungracefully aging hipster who desperately 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. Not surprisingly, this lead to a dreadful breakdown in the past. Nevertheless, an eager Ronny arranges a teaching job for Lars at an art school in Koda Lake, a small Canadian town in the middle of nowhere. It's a "therapeutic" measure for Lars - a means to conquer his need to paint in the "safety" of a country retreat... That is, until Eddie comes into his life.
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Taglines:
Part muse. Part sleepwalking cannibal.
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Release Date:
Filming Locations: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Box Office Details
Budget: CAD 1,500,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Goofs:
During the conversation scene between Ronny and Lars if you look over Ronny's shoulder you see an empty paint easel. At the end of the scene as Ronny leaves, Lars stands and looks back to the easel which now has a blank painting on it. See more »
User Review
Nice movie, entertaining
Rating:
I was skeptical about this movie, I didn't have any feedback about it
and I was expecting a poor and boring movie but it turned out to be
quite okay.
The movie is about a painter that hadn't produced nothing new in years
and that found himself living with a sleepwalking cannibal. Watching
his companion eating and murdering people, he finds that the thrill of
killing gives him the inspiration that he needs to paint and starts
exploiting his partner to make new paintings.
The actors were well chosen, mainly the sleepwalking cannibal. The
soundtrack of the movie is pretty good too. I just wish that they
worked more in the background story and expanded the relationships
between the characters.
In despite of some clichés throughout the movie, it's a good and
entertaining one.
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