| A Wake | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Penelope Buitenhuis |
| Written by | Penelope Buitenhuis Krista Sutton |
| Produced by | Paul Scherzer |
| Starring | Tara Nicodemo Graham Abbey Krista Sutton |
| Cinematography | François Dagenais |
| Edited by | James Bredin |
| Music by | Aaron Davis |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Domino Film and Television |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
A Wake is a Canadian drama film, directed by Penelope Buitenhuis and released in 2009.[1]
The film centres on a group of actors who are convening for a wake following the death of Gabor Zazlov (Nicholas Campbell), who had been their director in a production of Hamlet that collapsed several years earlier; the gathering, requested by Gabor shortly before his death, is in fact a ploy to restore his damaged reputation by forcing the cast to stage a filmed reading of the play, in the hopes that their petty dramas and recriminations will ultimately reveal the real reasons why the production failed.[2]