Produced by Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Jody Hill, a new trailer has arrived for Donald Cried, the feature debut of writer-director Kris Avedisian. The comedy centers on a man who returns home after the sudden death of his grandmother, which causes him to reach out to his old neighbor, the titular crier Donald. What ensues is a strange trip through the man’s past, as he is reminded very quickly why he got out of town in the first place.
We said in our review, “Donald Cried certainly doesn’t seek to elevate itself too much beyond the indie fray, yet it still finds pleasures in compactness, believably stretching the course of a lazy Saturday in January over the course of 85 minutes. It still manages to meet the narrative expectation of Peter eventually blowing up at Donald and then them reconciling before he he heads back for New York, and it’s luckily not as maudlin as the bromance can get — not trying to impart the sense that both characters “learned” from the events so much as that they just got through it. Thankfully, no more and no less.”
See the trailer below, along with a new poster and a Q&A from New Directors/New Films last year.
Director/writer/star Kris Avedisian expertly deconstructs the contemporary obsession with the “man-child” in this darkly funny story about former childhood best friends who reconnect decades later in their working-class Rhode Island neighborhood. Peter Latang (Jesse Wakeman) left his childhood home to reinvent himself as a slick Wall Street mover and shaker. When he’s forced to return home to bury his grandmother, he loses his wallet on the trip. Stranded and broke, Peter looks to the only person he can think of to help him out—his next-door neighbor and former childhood friend Donald (played by Avedisian). The ever-eccentric Donald hasn’t changed a bit, and what starts as a simple favor turns into a long and unhinged van ride into their past. Avedisian’s pitch-perfect first feature is a brilliant twist on the family-reunion melodrama and the classic buddy comedy.
Donald Cried hits theaters on March 3rd.