PAPER SPIDERS

PAPER SPIDERS

Paper Spiders. USA 2020. Director: Inon Shampanier. Screenplay: Inon Shampanier, Natalie Shampanier. 109 Min. Feature film. OV w/Eng. sub and Ger. voice-over Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 15.

A BEAUTIFULLY TRAGIC STORY ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE SHADOW OF A MENTAL ILLNESS

The man from the house next door is dan­ge­rous. He throws stones, sneaks around the house at night and clim­bs onto his neigh­bors’ roof. These claims made by Dawn howe­ver are fic­ti­tious. When Melanie rea­li­ses that her mother Dawn is incre­asing­ly suf­fe­ring from para­no­id delu­si­ons, her world comes cras­hing down. She wan­ted to move out and live her dream of going to col­lege. But how can the 17-year-old help her mother wit­hout giving up on all her dreams? PAPER SPIDERS shi­nes with out­stan­ding actres­ses who embo­dy Melanie’s fears for the future and Dawn’s men­tal ill­ness in a tou­ch­ing way.

Available in cine­mas | via Video-on-Demand (VoD) exclu­si­ve­ly for school clas­ses and groups

MO, 4.10. | 10:30 a.m. | Cinéma
WE, 6.10. | 10:45 a.m. | Cinéma

Extras und Mitmischen!

LUCAS im Kino

Educational material

Filmography

2020 PAPER SPIDERS | 2012 THE MILLIONAIRE TOUR

Biography

Inon Shampanier is an Israeli American film­ma­ker. With his wife Natalie he wro­te the screen­play for both his first fea­ture film THE MILLIONAIRE TOUR and PAPER SPIDERS. PAPER SPIDERS is based on her fami­ly histo­ry. Her mother also suf­fers from para­no­id delusions.