Mouth to Mouth (2005)

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.

Director:

Alison Murray

Writer:

Alison Murray

Stars:

Elliot Page, Natasha Wightman, August Diehl

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elliot Page	...	Sherry (as Ellen Page)
Natasha Wightman	...	Sherry's Mother Rose
August Diehl	...	Tiger
Beatrice Brown	...	Nancy
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Mad Ax
Elliot McCabe Lokos	...	Manson (as Elliot McCabe-Lokos)
Diana Greenwood	...	Dog
Eric Thal	...	Harry
Jefferson Guzman	...	Blade
Willy Rachow	...	Scrawny Boy
Christian Näthe	...	Heckler
Jim Sturgess	...	Red
Patrícia Guerreiro	...	Squeegee Girl
Joaquim Horta	...	Cute Guy
Armin Dillenberger	...	Spark Member

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

europe | teenage girl | rural setting | mother daughter relationship | commune | 

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Taglines:

Close Your Eyes and Picture the Perfect World

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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.

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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.

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Connections

Referenced in Creating 'Hard Candy' (2006)

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Soundtracks

Cold Wind Blowing
Written and Performed by Maximilian Hecker
Produced by Tommi Eckhart and Maximilian Hecker

User Reviews

Portrait of a Cult

When I first saw the preview for this film, it looked like a trippy indie film with a great soundtrack. I decided to give it a chance and bought it. It just came in today and I have to say, it is not what I expected, but better.

This film is not about some rebel girl who runs away from home and has insane adventures. This is a movie about a girl who is desperately trying to become a part of something and the mother who follows her into a dangerous cult. It has so much more depth than I expected. The movie's hero is clearly Bat from beginning to end. However, other characters who the viewer does not expect become heroes as well. The movie shows a very scary and a very real descent into the lifestyle of a cult. The characters are unique and are uniquely duped into this life.

The acting in it is phenomenal. Ellen Page, who we now know as Juno, shows another side of herself as the resilient Bat. The character shows real strength in the face of confusion.

This movie entices and rattles the viewer. It dares to ask the question, What is a perfect world?

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK Germany Canada Portugal

Language:

English German French

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Mouth to Mouth

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,406, 21 May 2006

Gross USA:

$2,150

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,486

Company Credits

Production Co:

M2M Films, Egoli Tossell Pictures, Hellhound

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1