The Curse of Kane

The fascinating portrait of a person who refuses to let go of his dream, even as it transforms into something nightmarish. Driven and indomitable, eager to seize any opportunity, Norwegian Gunnar Ryan Wiik is passionately pursuing his dream of bringing to life a major film production dedicated to the Western hero he idolized as a child, Morgan Kane. After a failed decade-long effort to make a Hollywood movie about his idol, and with his reputation taking a serious dive, Ryan is setting the stage for an ambitious new start: the acquisition and restoration of an abandoned film studio in Spain. Is it a dauntless stroke of genius, or a potentially self-destructive pipe dream? This film attempts to trace the fragile equilibrium between vision and fixation, led by a character more audacious, more contradictory, and more intriguing than any other cinematic hero.