The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass • New From The Quay Brothers!

Name: The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass • New From The Quay Brothers!
Start: 2025-09-05T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-05T19:15:00-04:00
Location: Brattle Theatre

Schedule

Fri Sep 05 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Brattle Theatre | Cambridge, MA

Premiere Run! Fri, Sep 5 – Mon, Sep 8
The first feature in 20 years by animation masters The Quay Brothers is inspired by stories by Polish author Bruno Schulz (Street of Crocodiles). In a mixture of live action and breathtakingly intricate stop-motion puppetry, the Quays follow the journey of Josef, who arrives at a labyrinthine sanatorium in search of his dying father. Told in seven chapters corresponding with seven prophetic, mystical viewing lenses, the film bends objects, time, and dimensions as Josef navigates the realm between dreams and reality. – Film Forum, NYC
“[A] surreal stop-motion fantasia…[a] dark, densely nested fairytale of life, death and what comes in between…with entirely its own collapsing, free-form model of storytelling.” – Guy Lodge, Variety
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