The Drunkard's Lament

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The Drunkard's Lament (2018)

Directed by Jim Finn

“The Branwell Wuthering Heights 1898”

Drama · 40m

A strange, epistolary and revisionist musical adaptation of Wuthering Heights written by the consumptive brother Branwell Brontë. When Branwell - the ne'er-do-well, tubercular brother of the Brontë sisters - discovered that Emily was writing her first novel, he offered to be her editor. Once he realized that he was the model for the alcoholic Hindley Earnshaw character, he reimagined the story as a musical memoir of his own life with Hindley as the hero. Reconstructed from Branwell's letters to his friend Francis Leyland along with notes, sheet music and damaged film fragments - this 1898 film originally premiered on the 50th anniversary of the consumption deaths of Branwell and Emily Brontë.

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Cast

Isabella Pinheiro Cathy Linton
L
Linda Montano Hindley Earnshaw
M
Murray Gordon Heathcliff
N
Nandini Khaund The Widow
P
Paul Tarragó Branwell Brontë (voice) Sally Timms Singer (voice)
C
Cosmina Mazza Finn
F
Franz Mazza Finn Linton Heathcliff
C
Cat Mazza Jim Finn

Crew

Director
Jim Finn
Writer
Jim Finn

Details

Release date
2018-04-12
Runtime
40m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN