Crying Out (film)

Crying Out
Film poster
FrenchÀ l'origine d'un cri
Directed byRobin Aubert
Written byRobin Aubert
Produced byRoger Frappier
Luc Vandal
StarringMichel Barrette
Patrick Hivon
Jean Lapointe
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byCarina Baccanale
Production
company
Max Films Productions
Release date
  • September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Crying Out (French: À l'origine d'un cri) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robin Aubert and released in 2010.[1] The film centres on a grief-stricken widower (Michel Barrette) who unexpectedly digs up his dead wife's corpse and runs off with it, forcing his father (Jean Lapointe) and son (Patrick Hivon) to set off in an attempt to find him before he gets arrested or commits suicide.[2]

The film's cast also includes Alexis Martin, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Charlotte Laurier, Micheline Bernard and Bénédicte Décary.

The film was shot in the spring and summer of 2009, in Vaudreuil and the Côte-Nord region of Quebec.[3]

The film premiered on September 10, 2010, at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] before going into commercial release on September 24.[1]

  1. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "A l’origine d’un cri – Film de Robin Aubert". Films du Québec, August 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Denis Séguin, "Max Films rolls on Aubert’s A L’Origine D’Un Cri". Screen Daily, June 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "En bref - Tournage d'À l'origine d'un cri". Le Devoir, June 3, 2009.
  4. ^ Jason MacNeil, "Toronto festival to feature string of world premieres". London Free Press, August 11, 2010.