THE FORBIDDEN ROOM
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

O.V. English

While trying to save a distressed young woman deep in the forest, a woodsman mysteriously appears to the crew of a submarine several months into its mission. His sudden presence under the sea has a profound effect on the vessel’s officers. Filmed at the Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris and the Centre PHI in Montreal, where members of the public were allowed to explore the film’s set, The Forbidden Room is intensely destabilizing, while remaining firmly grounded in the world of...