Shed Your Tears And Walk Away
Synopsis
Beginning with a personal quest for understanding, the film moves into a year-long drama of human tragedy and redemption as Jez re-bonds with his oldest friend Cass.
Coming to terms with his own imminent mortality, Cass attempts to lift himself out of the cycle of self-destruction he has lived amidst for so long. Around this emerges an intimate study of a place claimed to be the funkiest town in Europe, but which harbours an undertow of lethal hedonism and disillusionment. As young people continue to die by their own hands, a maelstrom of conflicting values throws up unexpected truths about the human condition, whilst Jez finds himself drawn inexorably into the action.
Filmed among friends, with absolutely unrestricted access, Shed Your Tears And Walk Away is a searingly authentic portrayal of a marginalised and overlooked people who seem to have lost their survival instinct.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Format
- HDCAM
- Director
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Jez Lewis 1st Feature
- Producer
- Nick Broomfield
- Executive Producer
- Nick Broomfield
- Editor
- Miranda Watts
- Screenwriter
- Jez Lewis
- Director of Photography
- Jez Lewis
- Sound
- Jez Lewis
- Composer
- Roger McBrien
- Principal cast
- Graeme Cassidy, Michael Silcock, Liam Jones, Simon Heyes, Christian Denneny
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Bungalow Town Productions Ltd
Southmore CottageLong Green
Wortham
Suffolk IP22 1PU
UK
T +44 (0)1379 898 797
Sales Company
Bungalow Town Productions Ltd
Southmore CottageLong Green
Wortham
Suffolk IP22 1PU
UK
T +44 (0)1379 898 797
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