Imaginaerum (film)

Imaginaerum also promoted as Imaginaerum by Nightwish is a 2012 FinnishCanadian musical fantasy film cowritten and directed by Stobe Harju. It was developed with and features music from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwishs seventh studio album of the same name Nightwishs keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen cowrote the film. Imaginaerum, which is produced by Markus Selin from Solar Films Inc. along with Nightwish, is the feature film debut of Stobe Harju.

Thomas Whitman is a 75yearold former musician who has lapsed into a coma after years of suffering from multiinfarct dementia. As he is clinging to his life while his estranged daughter Gem ponders on signing a do not resuscitate order, Thomas mind enters a fantasy world where he relives his life as a tenyearold orphan. After meeting a girl named Ann at the orphanage and acquiring a snow globe containing a dancing figurine named Arabesque, young Thomas befriends a snowman named Mr. White, who takes him on a flight to the skies. But while chasing his father Theodores airplane, Thomas loses his balance and falls into a surreal world bordered by a rundown roller coaster track, which represents his mind and memories. As pieces of the track fall apart, a mechanic, symbolic of Thomas doctor in the real world, complains about how futile it is to try to repair the track. The doctor looks to a younger Gem for advice who says they should just let it fall apart this coincides with Gem agreeing to the DNR order in the real world. Thomas meets a younger version of Gem and a 72yearold Ann, who warn him about Mr. White. He runs to a dollhouse, where he sees himself and Ann in their 30s, as members of his band Whitman. The elderly Ann once again appears in front of him, warning him that the snowman is evil and is responsible for the loss of his memories.As he travels to other parts of his past, young Thomas witnesses the simultaneous events of both his father and his older self lamenting the deaths of their wives. Suddenly, Theodore pulls a gun and shoots himself through his head while the older Thomas smashes the Arabesque globe against the wall, resulting in Thomas distancing himself from his daughter. He chases after Gem throughout the dream world as they both age to the present day. ........

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