Pursuit of loneliness

Laurence Thrush

2012

United States

1h35

Fiction

B&W

English with french subtitles

What happens when someone dies and there?s no record of any next of kin? Pursuit of Loneliness looks at that deeply personal and interpersonal question when an elderly woman dies anonymously in a county hospital. Four central characters - a nurse, a social worker, the emergency contact person listed on the admission form, and an investigator for the public administrator - try to find the deceased woman?s family over the next twenty-four hours. Slowly but surely we watch as her belongings and personal effects are gathered and accounted for and we witness the bit-by-bit eradication and extinction of an individual. In a world that values possessions and comparative wealth, this is a cautionary tale of the preciousness of community and the importance of family.

Cast

Joy Hille, Sandra Escalante, Suzanne Faha, Monique Flores, Sharon Munfus

Screenplay: Laurence Thrush
Photography: Gary Young
Sound: Vinnie Fatato
Music: William Basinski
Editing: Olaf Harris
Production: Growth Films

ACID CHOICE

Distributor: ED Distribution
Theatrical release (in France): beginning of 2016

Pursuit of loneliness

Laurence Thrush