Synopsis
Director: Rodney Ascher
Producers: Elika Portnoy, Ryan Bartecki, Gary Levinsohn, Billy Hines
U.S., 95 min
Ghost Boy is the moving and inspiring story of Martin Pistorius, who fell into a mysterious coma when he was just 12 years old. Three years later, he woke up, paralyzed and unable to communicate, finding himself suffering from locked-in syndrome and fearful that he would live his life as a “ghost,” invisible to those around him. Alternating between vivid dream-like recreations of Martin’s past and present-day interviews with the charismatic survivor, the film effectively conveys Martin’s extraordinary journey—an emotional roller coaster ride of heartbreak and triumph. “A hell of a story” (RogerEbert.com), SXSW Audience Award winner Ghost Boy “constantly intrigues” (IndieWire) “as a haunting look at one man’s long, devastating struggle to come out of his shell” (The Hollywood Reporter). Following his evocative films Room 237 and The Nightmare, iconoclast Rodney Ascher once again “pushes the interpretive limits of what a documentary can do” (Deadline).
