In the Realms of the Unreal

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2004 / 81min.

Rating7.3

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.

Directors

Actors

Dakota Fanning

Larry Pine

Wally Wingert

Frier McCollister

Kiyoko Lerner

Henry Darger

Mary O'Donnell

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