An architect is haunted by figures from his past. Criterion Collection Year 2013 Video Release 2015-06-16 Studio Criterion Collection Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 98 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Twenty years after their brilliant cinema-theater experiment Vanya on 42nd Street, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory reunited to produce another idiosyncratic film version of a classic play, this time Henrik Ibsen's Bygmester Solness Master Builder Solness . Brought pristinely to the screen by Jonathan Demme, this compellingly abstract reimagining features Shawn who also wrote the adaptation as a visionary but tyrannical middle-aged architect haunted by figures from his past, most acutely an attractive, vivacious young woman the breathtaking newcomer Lisa Joyce who has appeared on his doorstep. Also featuring standout supporting performances by Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine, and Gregory, A Master Builder, like Vanya, is the result of many years of rehearsals, a living, breathing, constantly shifting work that unites theater, film, and dream. Director Jonathan Demme Cast Jonathan Demme; Wallace Shawn; Julie Hagerty; Lisa Joyce; Larry Pine; Andre Gregory; Winsome Brown; Jeff Biehl; Joanna Howard