# La casa de papel (1988)

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**Original title**: *Paperhouse*
**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Bernard Rose
**Written by**: Matthew Jacobs
**Starring**: Charlotte Burke, Elliott Spiers, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones, Ben Cross, Jane Bertish

> *A drawing that became a dream. A dream that became reality.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A lonely girl escapes her dreary routine by drawing a fantastical world in her notebook then finds herself trapped inside when a feverish boy from her dreams becomes real. A make-believe world hardens into harsh reality. The drawings turn against their creator.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch, slow-burn, surreal

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