In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

7.2/10 81 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Henry Darger

Himself

Larry Pine

Henry Darger (Voice)

Dakota Fanning

Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)

Wally Wingert

Voice

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