Film

Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

Name: Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2009-10-01

2009 · 1h 28m · Documentary · Drama

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

IMDb: 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

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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.