2021
Scatena & Rosner Films
1 h 52 m

2021
Scatena & Rosner Films
1 h 52 m

Summary In the wake of losing her husband in a seemingly random accident, child psychiatrist Marianne Winter starts life anew in Scotland. There, she begins treating a secretive 10-year-old who claims to control the future through his drawings. When his horrific sketches start coming true, Marianne begins an obsession that will derail her life a...

Written By: Ben Hopkins

2021
Scatena & Rosner Films
1 h 52 m

2021
Scatena & Rosner Films
1 h 52 m

Marionette

Name: Marionette
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2021-11-03
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Rating: 47
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliott, Sam Hazeldine, Dawn Steele

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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The Guardian

Nov 5, 2021

A third-act plot twist is audacious enough to regain our attention, but Reuten and Wolf don’t quite have the charisma to fully carry it off.

By Ellen E Jones FULL REVIEW

Original-Cin

Jan 19, 2022

As a study in mutual traumatic grief between doctor and patient, Marionette has some resonance, but the emotional core of the story is smothered by its irritating intellectual pretensions and altogether too much wood paneling.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Nov 5, 2021

Marionette is a bit less than the sum of its individual parts. Still, for the first half of its runtime, the film is sufficiently compelling.

By Christian Gallichio FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Nov 5, 2021

Marionette is a perfectly-gloomy but overly-subdued Scottish thriller pretty much wholly undone by a contorted “twist” that derails its third act.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Accento Films, Black Camel Pictures, BosBros, Samsa Film

Release Date Nov 3, 2021

Duration 1 h 52 m

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Tagline Who is really pulling the strings?

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Awards

Nederlands Film Festival

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Fantasporto

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Septimius Awards

• 1 Nomination

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Thekla Reuten

Dr. Marianne Winter

Elijah Wolf

Manny

Emun Elliott

Kieran

Sam Hazeldine

Josh

Dawn Steele

Tina

Rebecca Front

Maureen

Bill Paterson

Dr. Mandelbaum

Peter Mullan

Dr. McVittie

Pearl Chanda

Margie

Brigitte Urhausen

Katinka

Luc Feit

Markus

Martin Donaghy

Oscar

Craig McDonald-Kelly

Cameron

Elisabet Johannesdottir

Kim Kaplan

John Scougall

Officer Stewart

Jochum ten Haaf

Dr. Campbell

Matilda Gordon

Corinna

Marnie Baxter

Manny's mother

Geoffrey Newland

Manny's father

René van Asten

Dr. Carlson

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