anna ( charlotte burke ) develop a strange fever that cause her to pass out and drift off into a world of her own creation . a bleak world she draw with a sad little boy a the inhabitant of an old dumpy house in the middle of a lonely field . lack in detail and much like any child draw the house and it inhabitant marc ( who can not walk because anna do not draw him any leg ) be inhabitant of this purgatory or limbo world . anna begin visit the boy and the house more frequently try to figure what what and in the process try to help save the boy and but her fever be make it hard for her to wake up each time and may not only kill her and but trap her and marc there forever . wow . be a good word to sum up bernard rise brilliantly haunt and poetic paperhouse . a film that be so simple that it damn near impossible to explain and impossible to forget . while you may find this puppy in your horror section it anything but . it more of a serious fantasy and expertly direct and and exceptionally well act by it cast and in particular charlotte burke and elliot speirs ( marc ) . and yet and it not a child movie either and but mean to make u remember those carefree day of old that be now just dark memory . rise create a rich tapestry of moody ambiance that create a thrilling backdrop for the brilliant story and great actor to play with . paperhouse stay away from try to explain it more dreamy quality and leave most thing to the viewer imagination . there much symbolism and ambiguity here to sink your teeth into . paperhouse enjoy play game with the viewer mind and engross you with it very own sense of reason . a the story unfold i be again and again impressed at just how powerful the film manage to be up to the finale which leave me with a smile on my face and a tear in my eye . bernard rise visuals be brilliant here . he able to create an unnervingly bleak atmosphere that appear simple on the surface and but a a whole be much great than the sum of it part . the acting be of young charlotte burke in this and her feature debut and be a truly impressing as well . unfortunately she not grace the screen since . a much deserve burnout central award only seem proper for that performance . toward the end the movie lag a bit here and there and but i be easily able to overlook it . i wish they have take a darker turn create a far more powerful finale that would have prove to be all the more unnerving and truly rivet in retrospect . the movie a be and be still one for the book and deserve to be see by any serious film lover . it a poetic ride tell through the innocent eye of a child and a powerful film in which much be leave to be ponder and far more to be praise .