Young runaway Sherry meets the radical street collective Spark. Together they experience the group's giddy thrills as well as its punishing manipulations, as Sherry's journey to paradise begins to sour.
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Cast
Elliot Page | ... |
Sherry
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Natasha Wightman | ... |
Sherry's Mother Rose
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August Diehl | ... |
Tiger
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Beatrice Brown | ... |
Nancy
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Maxwell McCabe-Lokos | ... |
Mad Ax
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Elliot McCabe Lokos | ... |
Manson
(as Elliot McCabe-Lokos)
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Diana Greenwood | ... |
Dog
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Eric Thal | ... |
Harry
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Jefferson Guzman | ... |
Blade
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Willy Rachow | ... |
Scrawny Boy
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Christian Näthe | ... |
Heckler
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Jim Sturgess | ... |
Red
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Patrícia Guerreiro | ... |
Squeegee Girl
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Joaquim Horta | ... |
Cute Guy
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Armin Dillenberger | ... |
Spark Member
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Rui M. Silva | ... |
Spark Member
(as Rui Silva)
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André Teodósio | ... |
Spark Member
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Alberto Magassela | ... |
Spark Member
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Márcia Cardoso | ... |
Spark Member
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Ilidio Frances | ... |
Spark Member
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Andresa Soares | ... |
Spark Member
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Teresa Madruga | ... |
Spark Member
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Antonio Pedro Faria | ... |
Spark Member
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Cristina Do Aido | ... |
Spark Member
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Teresa Mónica | ... |
Spark Member
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Paula Garcia | ... |
Spark Member
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Zoé Anna Weiland | ... |
River (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alison Murray |
Written by
Alison Murray | ... | () |
Produced by
Anne Beresford | ... | producer |
Jürgen Biesinger | ... | assistant producer: Egoli Tossell |
Atom Egoyan | ... | executive producer |
Susan Petrook | ... | line producer: UK, M2M Films |
Judy Tossell | ... | producer |
Simone Urdl | ... | executive producer |
Marc Wächter | ... | line producer |
Music by
Rowan Oliver |
Cinematography by
Barry Stone | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Christian Lonk |
Editorial Department
Jens Beyer | ... | color grader |
Rico Danschke | ... | telecine colorist: Schwarz Film |
Petra Gescher | ... | assistant color grader: Egoli Tossell |
Steffen Gorner | ... | high definition editor: Egoli Tossell |
Corinna Heinz | ... | assistant editor: Egoli Tossell |
Charly Huser | ... | color grader |
Annette Kurzbach | ... | assistant editor: Egoli Tossell |
Florian Obrecht | ... | high definition editor: Egoli Tossell |
Melanie Rauhöft | ... | project manager: Schwarz Film |
Gabriele Trobisch | ... | negative cutter: Schwarz Film |
Production Design by
Ulrika von Vegesack | ... | (as Ulrika Anderson) |
Art Direction by
Astrid Poeschke | ... | (as Astrid Poeschke Bergan) |
Costume Design by
Jemima Cotter |
Makeup Department
Emma Coleman | ... | makeup assistant: UK |
Lee Pearson | ... | hair designer / makeup designer |
Marie-Eglantine Romm | ... | assistant makeup artist (as Marie-Eglantine Leibfried) |
Christiane Rüdebusch | ... | special effects makeup artist: Tricky Mac FX |
Heiko Schmidt | ... | hair designer / makeup designer |
Lena Stöter | ... | additional makeup artist: Germany |
Production Management
Patricia Almeida | ... | unit manager: Portugal |
Pedro Bento | ... | production manager: Portugal |
Oliver Damian | ... | head of production: Egoli Tossell |
José Martins | ... | unit manager: Portugal, festival |
Gabriele Niemeyer | ... | post-production manager: Egoli Tossell |
Tom Sternitzke | ... | production manager |
Joana Vaz da Silva | ... | assistant unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julia Aschlener | ... | assistant director trainee: Germany |
Hernani Borges | ... | second assistant director: Portugal |
Andrew Cameron | ... | third assistant director: UK |
Wolfgang Eissler | ... | third assistant director: Germany |
Dylan Gray | ... | first assistant director |
Stojan Petrov | ... | second assistant director |
Patrícia Quino | ... | trainee assistant director: Portugal (uncredited) |
Art Department
Stéphane Alberto | ... | art department assistant: Portugal |
Fernando Areal | ... | art director: Portugal |
Tom Bewermeier | ... | prop buyer |
Simon Clift | ... | property hand: UK |
Lars Dicht | ... | stand-by carpenter |
Christian M. Goldbeck | ... | Art Director (as Christian Goldbeck) |
Jane Harris | ... | art director: UK |
David Hoffmann | ... | property master |
Claudia Kiefer | ... | stand-by property |
Jesus Parras | ... | graphics: Portugal / painter / paintings: Portugal |
Johannes Pfaller | ... | property assistant: Germany |
José Queirós | ... | art department assistant: Portugal |
Pedro Rainho | ... | carpenter |
Henry Seifert | ... | art department trainee |
Wolfgang Wrede | ... | scenic painter |
Sound Department
Alexej Ashkenazy | ... | assistant sound mixer: Egoli Tossell (as Alexey Ashkenazy) |
Martin Grube | ... | adr recordist: Berlin, Cine+ |
Daniel Iribarren | ... | sound editor: direct sound |
Robert Jäger | ... | sound mixer |
Frank Kruse | ... | sound designer |
Kirsten Kunhardt | ... | sound effects editor |
Pedro Melo | ... | sound recordist |
Carlos Mota | ... | boom operator |
Steve Munro | ... | adr recordist: Toronto, Trackworks |
Günther Röhn | ... | foley artist |
Volker Uri | ... | adr coordinator: Cine+ |
Timothy Mehlenbacher | ... | adr recordist (uncredited) |
Hanse Warns | ... | sound effects recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Adrian Lorberth | ... | special effects technician (as Adrian Lorbert) |
Hans Seck | ... | special effects |
Michael Stahl | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Markus Degen | ... | roto and paint artist: tvt.postproduction |
Erich Eder | ... | roto and paint artist: tvt.postproduction |
Florian Gellinger | ... | roto and paint artist: tvt.postproduction |
Robert Pinnow | ... | visual effects producer: tvt-postproduction |
Caterina Schiffers | ... | lead artist: tvt.postproduction |
Stunts
Sascha Heu | ... | stunt performer |
Alister Mazzotti | ... | stunt coordinator |
João Santos | ... | stunt coordinator: Portugal |
Michael Scheuneke | ... | stunt performer |
Wolfgang Stegemann | ... | stunt performer |
Asuka Tovazzi | ... | stunt performer |
Martin Warncke | ... | stunt performer |
João Gaspar | ... | stunt rigger (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jorge Alves | ... | additional electrician: Portugal |
Rui Alves | ... | additional electrician: Portugal |
Samuel Amaral | ... | steadicam operator assistant: Portugal |
Layla Andrews | ... | clapper loader: UK |
Carlos Antunes | ... | gaffer assistant: Portugal |
Jenny Barth | ... | electrician: Germany |
Dave Brennan | ... | spark: UK |
Pedro Cardeira | ... | additional focus puller: Portugal |
Dirk Domcke | ... | electrician: Germany |
Chris Dowling | ... | gaffer: UK |
Miguel Efe | ... | key grip: Portugal |
Andy Hickman | ... | key grip: UK |
Sérgio Horta | ... | grip assistant: Portugal |
Alexander Jung | ... | electrician: Germany |
Oliver Kühne | ... | electrician: Germany |
Thorsten Lehnert | ... | additional grip: Germany |
Pedro Machado | ... | additional electrician: Portugal |
Henry Notroff | ... | electrician: Germany |
Daniel Pauselius | ... | electrician: Germany |
Ilko Petkow | ... | electrician: Germany |
João Pedro Plácido | ... | camera operator |
Benjamin Räder | ... | clapper loader: Germany (as Benjamin Raeder) |
Helen Sabatzki | ... | second assistant camera |
Eberhard Schedl | ... | Steadicam operator: Portugal |
Claudia Schnoor | ... | focus puller |
Mário Soares | ... | gaffer: Portugal |
Hannes Staehle | ... | key grip: Germany |
Josie Sykes | ... | still photographer |
Ole Ki Bun Wedemann | ... | gaffer: Germany |
Markus Zucker | ... | electrician: Germany |
Dylan Gray | ... | camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Kerry Barden | ... | casting: USA |
John Buchan | ... | casting: Canada |
Sigrid Emmerich | ... | casting: Germany |
Jane Frisby | ... | casting: UK |
Cesário Monteiro | ... | extras casting: Portugal |
Susan Shopmaker | ... | casting: USA |
Erica Palgon | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Senay Ay | ... | wardrobe |
Elke Beirig | ... | wardrobe: Germany |
Jandira Ferreira | ... | costume assistant: Portugal |
Inga Kusche | ... | wardrobe: Portugal |
Louise Noble | ... | assistant costume designer |
Diane Stevens | ... | wardrobe assistant: UK |
Location Management
Graham Aza | ... | location manager: UK |
Vicente Coentro | ... | location scout: Portugal |
Sandra Naumann | ... | location manager: Leipzig, Germany |
Sven Paul | ... | location manager: Berlin, Germany |
Andreas Pilarczyk | ... | set location manager: Germany |
João Quintela | ... | location manager: Portugal |
Kersten Schneider | ... | location scout: Germany |
Music Department
Ivan Chandler | ... | music supervisor: Musicalities |
Holly Morland | ... | assistant to music supervisor |
Christian Lonk | ... | music supervisor (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Annette Drees | ... | continuity / script supervisor |
Britt Harrison | ... | script editor |
Tim Jackson | ... | script editor |
Aimee Stevenson | ... | script editor (as Aimee Stephenson) |
Transportation Department
Alex Bechberger | ... | production driver: Germany |
Frank Buhe | ... | production driver: Germany |
Dieter Chlosta | ... | property car coordinator: Germany |
Joâo Vaz de Silva | ... | production driver: Portugal |
Lawrence Duncan | ... | set driver: UK |
Robert Ebell | ... | production driver: Germany |
Mitchell Edwards | ... | driver: camera car, UK |
Ana Estácio | ... | production driver: Portugal |
Frank Feike | ... | production driver: Germany |
Tim Fessner | ... | production driver: Germany |
Martin Germann | ... | production driver: Germany |
Steffen Goeschel | ... | production driver: Germany |
Jorn Goetze | ... | production driver: Germany |
Ingo Hollwedel | ... | production driver: Germany |
Thorsten Jarek | ... | driver: property vehicle Germany / production driver: Germany |
Darren Jones | ... | set driver: UK |
Paul Jones | ... | set driver: UK |
Tom Kretschmar | ... | production driver: Germany |
Lars Kreye | ... | production driver: Germany |
Luis Miranda | ... | driver: stand-by property, Portugal |
Richard Ong | ... | set driver: UK |
Sofia Pinto Coelho | ... | production driver: Portugal |
Christoph Rack | ... | production driver: Germany |
Jens Schaffler | ... | production driver: Germany |
Andreas Schlizio | ... | production driver: Germany |
Frank Schmidt | ... | production driver: Germany |
Dörte Schneider | ... | production driver: Portugal (as Dorte Schneider) |
Danny Stuchlik | ... | production driver: Germany |
Emmanuel Teillet | ... | production driver: Germany |
Dave Williams | ... | driver: property vehicle, UK |
Peter Wurschi | ... | production driver: Germany |
Shane Davey | ... | runner driver (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Lorna Aizlewood | ... | legal services: M2M |
J. Amaral | ... | provider: caravan rental Portugal |
Reno Antoniades | ... | legal services: Egoli Tossell, Lee & Thompson |
Anna Arthur | ... | publicist |
Pedro Balonas | ... | production assistant: Portugal |
João Pedro Barata | ... | production assistant: Portugal (as João Barata) |
Elke Billhardt | ... | provider: caravan rental, Germany |
Inês Borges | ... | production secretary: Portugual |
Sven Brinkmann | ... | set runner: Germany |
Stefanie Brummer | ... | production office staff: Egoli Tossell, Berlin |
Hans-Jürgen Bubser | ... | production accountant: Egoli Tossell |
Michael Burt | ... | production assistant: UK |
Pedro Carmo | ... | set runner: Portugal |
Thomas Christmann | ... | provider: caravan rental, Germany, Mask Mobil |
Harrison Curtis | ... | legal services: M2M |
Tim Curtis | ... | legal services: M2M |
Charlotte Darbyshire | ... | choreographic assistant |
Shane Davey | ... | runner: UK |
Inês Sapeta Dias | ... | assistant: Alison Murray, Portugal |
Cantina do Albert | ... | catering: Portugal |
Benny Drechsel | ... | production office staff: Egoli Tossell, Berlin |
Jaime Freitas | ... | set runner: Portugal |
Kay Furtak | ... | catering: Germany, KAY FU Catering |
Maarit Gentner | ... | production controller: Egoli Tossell |
Jonathan Grossmark | ... | banking: UK, NWB |
Jana Kohlmann | ... | production office staff: Egoli Tossell, Berlin |
Peter Leone | ... | publicist |
Thomas Leung | ... | production accountant: UK, M2M Films |
Luis Lisboa | ... | production assistant: Portugal (as Luís Lisboa) |
Scott McNamara | ... | runner: UK |
Thomas Mohr | ... | insurance: A. Huber & Co |
Alison Murray | ... | choreographer |
Sebastian Möring | ... | production assistant: Germany |
David Parish | ... | first aider: UK |
Dan Precious | ... | runner: UK |
Joe Rae | ... | runner: UK |
Silvio Rebmann | ... | travel agent: Germany, Cube: Travel |
Hugo Ribeiro | ... | production accountant: Portugal, Freeze Filmes |
Grigorij Richters | ... | production assistant (as Greg Richters) |
Ina Rossow | ... | production office staff: Egoli Tossell, Leipzig |
Sarah Schill | ... | production coordinator: Germany |
Helmut Schönwitz | ... | provider: walkie talkies, Germany |
Carlos Silva | ... | provider: caravan rental, Portugal |
Laura Smith | ... | production coordinator: UK |
Anne-Marie Speed | ... | dialogue coach |
Michael Stapleton | ... | security: UK, daytime |
Markus Wylegalla | ... | catering: Germany, KAY FU Catering |
Reinhard Zölle | ... | production accountant: Egoli Tossell |
Thomas Birth | ... | support: Koppfilm (uncredited) |
Nichole Wleklinski | ... | publicity assistant (uncredited) |
Thanks
Marta Albiscamps | ... | thanks |
Florence Bell | ... | thanks |
José Borges | ... | thanks |
Caroline Bridges | ... | thanks |
Michelle Byrd | ... | thanks: IFP |
Ann Chakraverty | ... | thanks |
Bussy Davis | ... | thanks |
Sheila de la Varende | ... | thanks: Telefilm Canada |
Brian Donovan | ... | thanks |
Milena Fessmann | ... | thanks |
Victoria Fodor | ... | thanks |
Andrew Gillman | ... | special thanks |
Sarah Golding | ... | thanks |
Kate Gower | ... | thanks |
Richard Hewitt | ... | thanks |
Cleo Johnson | ... | thanks |
Suzanne Kerr | ... | thanks |
Barry Kimm | ... | thanks: PRA |
Scott Macaulay | ... | thanks: Forensic Films |
Ivan Mactaggart | ... | thanks (as Ivan McTaggart) |
Kathryn McCabe-Lords | ... | thanks |
Chris McCalphy | ... | thanks |
Jens Meurer | ... | special thanks |
Stephan Mueller | ... | thanks |
Isabell Münch | ... | thanks: Friend Connection |
Robin O'Hara | ... | thanks: Forensic Films |
Ethan Reid | ... | special thanks |
Leontine Ruette | ... | thanks (as Lee Ruette) |
Danny Sapani | ... | thanks |
Tom Sapsford | ... | thanks |
Craig Scott | ... | thanks |
Colin Stanfield | ... | thanks: IFP |
Karsten Stöter | ... | thanks |
Kara Tointon | ... | thanks |
Jan Valentine | ... | thanks |
Francisco Villa-Lobos | ... | thanks |
Maggie Warwick | ... | thanks: Canadian High Commission |
Holly Weston | ... | thanks |
Sil Willcox | ... | thanks: Cruisin' Music (as Sil Wilcox) |
Margaret Williams | ... | thanks: IFP |
Production Companies
- M2M Films
- Egoli Tossell Pictures
- Hellhound (in association with)
- MJW Productions (developed by)
- Film4 (for)
- Freeze Filmes
Distributors
- Dogwoof (2008) (United Kingdom)
- Artistic License (2006) (United States) (theatrical)
- Cosmopolis Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
- Mongrel Media (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
- Strand Releasing (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Teleview International (2006) (Lebanon) (tv) (Middle East)
Special Effects
- Tricky Mac FX (special effects makeup)
- tvt. postproduction (digital retouch)
Other Companies
- A. Huber & Co (insurance)
- Agentur Iris Müller (extras casting: Berlin, Germany)
- Antro Casting (casting: Portugal)
- Banff Centre for the Arts (thanks)
- Blacher Associates (accounting services: UK)
- Cine Block Filmservice (blocking service: Germany)
- Cine Pix (kine transfer)
- Cine Plus (adr: Berlin)
- CinePostproduction (mixing studio)
- Cinegate (camera equipment)
- Cinegate (grip equipment)
- Cinegate (lighting equipment)
- Cora Autovermietung (car rental: Germany) ( as Caro Autovermiltung)
- Cube:Travel (travel agency: Germany)
- D.C. Audiovisuel (sound equipment)
- Express Car Hire (unit vehicles: UK)
- Fayre Do's (catering: UK)
- Freeze Filmes (line producer: Portuguese unit)
- Geyer-Werke (mixing studio)
- KAYFU Catering (catering: Germany)
- Kodak GmbH (film stock)
- Lee & Thompson (legal services: Egoli Tossell)
- Lee Lighting (camera equipment)
- Lee Lighting (grip equipment)
- Lee Lighting (lighting equipment)
- Local Hero (extras casting: Leipzig, Germany)
- Location Facilities (location vehicles: UK)
- MCC Fahraufnahmen (trailer: Germany)
- Mask Mobil (caravan rental: Germany)
- Musicalites (music supervision)
- National Car Rental (car rental: Portugal)
- National Westminster Bank (banking: UK)
- Network Security (security: UK, night)
- Panavision (camera equipment)
- Panavision (grip equipment)
- Panavision (lighting equipment)
- Ray Knight Casting (extras casting: Camden)
- Sixt Customer Service Team (car rental: Germany)
- Sync Sound (adr: New York)
- The Movie Lot (security)
- The Yard (editing facilities: UK)
- Trackworks Inc. (adr: Toronto)
- Wavevend Communications (walkie talkies: UK)
- tvt. postproduction (title design)
Storyline
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Taglines | Close Your Eyes and Picture the Perfect World See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | All the cast members really shaved their heads for the film, so the entire movie had to be shot in sequence. Elliot Page walked around with half their hair shaved off for a full day. See more » |
Goofs | When Rose says she needs to pay the car rental, she says she's going to give the car back, in Lisbon (Portugal), but the car plate is Spanish. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Creating 'Hard Candy' (2006). See more » |
Soundtracks | Nice 'N' Sleazy See more » |