Marwencol (2010)
Marwencol 2010 Marwencol is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp After being beaten into a brain damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 16th scale World War II era town in his backyard Mark populates the town he dubs Marwencol with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life like photographs detailing the towns many relationships and dramas Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show Suddenly Marks homemade therapy is deemed art, forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that hes avoided since the attack