Paperhouse

Paperhouse

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1988-09-10
Duration:92 min
Director:Bernard Rose
Actors:Charlotte Burke, Elliott Spiers, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones, Ben Cross
Production:Working Title

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.

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