Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Guy Maddin’s Keyhole

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IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#81. Keyhole

Director: Guy Maddin
Writer(s): Guy Maddin and George Toles
Producers: Jean Du Toit, Lindsay Hamel, Phyllis Laing, Jody Shapiro and Maddin
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: A gangster (Jason Patric) returns home after a long absence toting a drowned girl, who has mysteriously returned to life, and a bound-and-gagged hostage, who is actually his own teenage son. His odyssey is through his own house one room at a time until he arrives in the boudoir of his wife (Isabella Rossellini.)….(more)

Cast: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini and Udo Kier

List Worthy Reasons…Maddin reunites with his Saddest Music In the World star Isabella Rossellini and grabs mysterious screen personas in Jason Patric and Udo Kier for what will surely be another glorious b&w shot film, which will once again be difficult and pointless to classify.

Release Date/Status?: Will play at TIFF for sure, the festival circuit and probably nowhere near your local multiplex.

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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