The Drunkard's Lament

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 12, 2018

Original language

English

Cast

Cat Mazza,Cosmina Mazza Finn,Isabella Pinheiro,Linda Montano,Jim Finn,Murray Gordon,Franz Mazza Finn,Paul Tarragó,Sally Timms,Nandini Khaund

Director

Jim Finn

Writer

Jim Finn

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt7311280