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Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2009)

Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2009)

Drama Documentary

What do you do when your friends have lost their survival instinct?

Release Date: 2009, October 1
Directors: Jez Lewis
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Bungalow Town Productions

Overview:

Real-life drama about why, in a beautiful and quirky rural town, film- maker Jez Lewis' childhood friends are killing themselves. Beginning with a personal quest for understanding, the film moves into a year-long drama of human tragedy and redemption as principal character Cass comes to terms with his own mortality and attempts to lift himself out of his cycle of self-destruction. This core narrative carves an upward arc through an intimate study of a place often described as paradise, but which harbours an undertow of lethal hedonism and disillusionment. As people continue to kill themselves during the making of the film, a maelstrom of conflicting values throws up unexpected truths about the human condition.

Keywords:

poverty alcoholism docudrama united kingdom