come from the same director who would do candyman and immortal beloved and i be not surprise it a good film . ironically and papierhaus be a movie i would never hear of until now and yet it must be one of the best movie of the late 80 partly because that be hand down the bad movie period in recent decade . ( not talk about iranian or swedish cinema here . ) the acting be not brilliant and but merely solid unlike what some people here claim ( they must have dreamt this wondrous acting and much like anna ) . the story be an interesting fantasy that doesn not end in a clever way that tie all the loose end together neatly . these unanswered question be probably left there on purpose and leave it up to the individual interpretation and and there nothing wrong with that with a theme such a this . pepperhaus be a somewhat unusual mix of kid film and horror and with effective use of sound and music . i like the fact that the central character be not your typical movie cliché ultra shy but secretly brilliant social outcast girl and but a regular and normal kid while very refresh . i be sick and tired of writer project their own misfit like childhood into their book and onto the screen and a if anyone care anymore to watch or read about yet another miserly and lonely childhood and a if that all there be or a if that kind of character background hold a monopoly on good potential . the scene with anna and the boy snogging ( for quite a stretch ) be a bit much evoke feeling of both vague disgust and amusement consider that she be suppose to be only 11 and but predictably it turn out that burke be 13 or 14 when this be film . i have no idea why they do not upgrade the character age or get a young actress . it be quite obvious that burke isn not that young . why director always cast kid old than what they play and hence dilute the realism and i will never know .