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A Master Builder is a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and Andre Gregory.
Jun 22, 2014 · A Master Builder: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine, Lisa Joyce. A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
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- Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 2014-06-22
Wallace Shawn stars as a tormented architect in this experimental film by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's play Master Builder Solness. The film features a cast of theater veterans and a haunting score by Zafer Tawil.
- Halvard Solness
The Master Builder (Norwegian: Bygmester Solness) is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was first published in December 1892 and is regarded as one of Ibsen's more significant and revealing works.
- Henrik Ibsen
- 1892
Twenty years after their brilliant cinema-theater experiment VANYA ON 42ND STREET, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory reunited to produce another idiosyncratic film version of a classic play, this time Henrik Ibsen’s “Bygmester Solness” (“Master Builder Solness”).
Aug 8, 2014 · A film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, starring Shawn as a ruthless architect and Lisa Joyce as a mysterious visitor. The film is directed by Jonathan Demme and explores the themes of ambition, guilt and redemption.
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
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