Crying with laughter - a bad trip down memory lane.
World Premiere, EIFF 09, 21st June, Filmhouse 1, 8pm.
Official selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 09, British Gala Section.
Eligible for ....The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film; Standard Life Audience Award; PPG Award for Best Performance; Skillset New Directors Award.
Through a chance meeting and the kidnapping of their former teacher, two men who haven’t seen each other for 25 years deal with a childhood incident of abuse that one cannot remember and the other cannot forget.
Joey Frisk and Frank Archer are two men with a shared history, but with very different interpretations of it. Developed through improvisation, Crying with Laughter is a darkly comedic revenge thriller exploring powerful themes of retribution, justice and abuse - all through the prism of memory.
- Writer / Director – Justin Molotnikov
- Producers – Claire Mundell, Rachel Robey and Alastair Clark
- Executive Producers - Robbie Allen, Suzanne Alizart, Ewan Angus
- Joey Frisk – Stephen McCole (Rushmore, Band of Brothers, Stone of Destiny)
- Frank Archer – Malcolm Shields (Young Adam, The Lost World)
Supported with financial assistance from Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund.
Developed & financed by EM Media through National Lottery & European Regional Development Funds.
