Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2009)

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.

Released Oct. 1, 2009 88 min 15+

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.alcoholism, tmdb.poverty, tmdb.docudrama, tmdb.united-kingdom, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.fresh, imdb.self-destructiveness + 9 more, imdb.disillusionment, imdb.hedonism, imdb.redemption, imdb.england, imdb.birmingham-england, imdb.suicide, imdb.homelessness, imdb.unemployment, imdb.addiction