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Sep 19, 2020 · Marionette: Directed by Elbert van Strien. With Thekla Reuten, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliott, Sam Hazeldine. Marionette tells the story of a therapist, who loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.
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- Marionette (2020) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis
- Why Did Marianne Move to Scotland?
- Why Did Marianne Find A Gun in Her Drawer?
- What Happened to Dr. Mcvitte?
- How Did Marianne Cause Kieran’s Accident?
- How Was Josh Alive Again?
- Marionette (2020) Movie Ending Explained: Was Marianne A Real person?
Marionette starts with chilling visuals of a man burning himself in fire and presumably dying. Enter child psychiatrist Marianne Winter, who moves to Scotland to take a job at an institute led by Dr. Mandelbaum (an always dependable Bill Paterson). She is there to fill the position left vacant by Dr. McVitte (played by veteran Scottish actor Peter ...
Marianne has her own trauma troubling her as well. It is eventually revealed that she is here because her husband Josh (Sam Hazeldine) has died in a car accident (which she survived) in the US and she could not cope there and needed a change to deal with her grief. She soon meets a local man named Kieran (Emun Elliott) who appears to be sympathetic...
At one certain point in the movie, Manny tells Marianne that there is a gun in her drawer. Marianne does not believe him at first but later she finds out there is indeed a gun in her drawer. She is skeptical at first because it is really hard for a child to get hold of a gun and put that in the drawer and keeps investigating and enquiring about log...
Earlier in the movie, Marianne receives a strange phone call from someone asking her to kill him (Manny) before he controls her. Dr. Mandelbaum eventually tells her that it is actually Dr. McVitte calling from the asylum and Marianne should not take it seriously. However, things were not as simple as that as McVitte also happens to be a victim of M...
Kieran also becomes a victim of Marianne’s own choice in writing the future. The movie earlier introduces Kieran’s boat (as a storytelling tool, understandably) where he takes Marianne out and they have a good time. Later, Marianne finds a drawing by Manny where Kieran is drowning. She fanatically goes to look for him and unties the boat at the har...
Right after shooting herself Marianne wakes up in a hospital bed and finds out her husband is alive, and she suffered only minor injuries from the accident which was shown responsible for Josh’s death earlier in the movie. This clever twist made everything that was shown before a dream of Marianne which she barely remembers. The movie could have ju...
With her husband being alive and everything, we see Marianne’s life is actually okay but then she keeps remembering things from her dream (or the alternative reality where Josh is dead) and starts obsessing over it. Eventually, she remembers everything and calls Kieran (remembering his number) and upon recognizing his voice she decides to go to Sco...
Marionette Movies and Series. 1. Strings (2004) PG | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. A Prince leaves his city and sets off to avenge his father, not aware his father wasn't murdered, and in reality, committed suicide, and soon learns the truth about his people from a warrior woman.
Apr 19, 2018 · Marionette: Directed by Han-Wook Lee. With Lee Yoo-young, Kim Hee-won, Kim Da-mi, Go Gyu-pil. A story about teenagers who live as someone's marionette before they even normally go through the process of ego development or even think about moral values.
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Hoping for a fresh start, a child psychiatrist moves to Scotland after losing her husband in a tragic accident. She soon begins treating a mysterious 10-year-old boy whose horrific drawings seem ...
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An ungainly psychological thriller about a widowed shrink and creepy child patient doesn't live up to its intellectual pretensions. Full Review | Jan 19,...
Nov 4, 2021 · Director Elbert Van Strien's Marionette follows a woman named Marianne Winter (Thekla Reuten) who moves to a Scottish town to work at a psychiatric facility. There, she comes into contact with a young patient, Manny (Elijah Wolf), who claims he can control events with his mind.
