Lunacy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jan Svankmajer
Pavel Liska
Jan Triska
Anna Geislerová
Martin Huba
Jaroslav Dusek
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In eighteenth-century France (albeit one full of deliberate anachronisms) a young man, Jean Berlot, is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother's funeral he is invited by a Marquis he meets at lunch to spend a night in his castle. There Berlot witnesses a blasphemous orgy and a "therapeutic" funeral. Berlot tries to flee but the Marquis insists on helping him conquer his fears and takes his guest to a surrealistic lunatic asylum where the patients have complete freedom and the staff are locked up behind bars.
Director
Jan Svankmajer
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States August 18, 2006
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States June 2006
Released in United States on Video February 20, 2007
Released in United States Summer August 9, 2006
Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Area 52) June 9-17, 2006.
Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 18-November 2, 2006.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.
Based on the stories "Premature Burial" and "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Father" by Edgar Allen Poe. Inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 18-November 2, 2006.)
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.)
Released in United States on Video February 20, 2007
Released in United States June 2006 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Area 52) June 9-17, 2006.)
Released in United States Summer August 9, 2006
Released in United States August 18, 2006 (Los Angeles)
