British Gala / World premiere

Crying With Laughter

  • Justin Molotnikov /
  • UK /
  • 2009 /
  • 93 mins

Stephen McCole, Malcolm Shields, Andrew Neil, Jo Hartley, Laura Keenan, Micaiah Dring

Let Joey Frisk tell you about the worst week of his life.

Justin Molotnikov

Justin Molotnikov is an award-winning filmmaker based in Scotland. He started out making shorts 11 years ago, all of which premiered at EIFF; since then, he and his work have picked up a collection of awards and nominations from BAFTA , The Directors Guild of Great Britain and Fujifilm, amongst others. His work in television ranges from children's favourite My Parents are Aliens to prime-time drama Taggart. Crying with Laughter is his debut feature film.

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  • #1 morgan petrie / Monday 22 June, 2009 / 02:18 GMT

    Great film dealing with a challenging subject brilliantlly portrayed in two performances that allow us two engange and release as they do.

  • #2 Ben Smith / Monday 22 June, 2009 / 12:44 GMT

    I thought this film was outstanding. Great central performances and beautiful textured cinematography. I though the editing was a real plus point too - interesting use of flash forward with a narrative directed through the stand up. I hope there's more to come from Molotnikov in the future - this was an assured debut feature, no question about that.

  • #3 Saima Zahid / Sunday 28 June, 2009 / 20:32 GMT

    A fantastic film with a great cast. This one was my pick of the fest and not just because it was set in Edinburgh!

  • #4 Karen Lonie / Wednesday 15 July, 2009 / 11:04 GMT

    Ditto to Ben Smith's commments above.FUNNY.

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