SXSW Preview: CRYING FROM LAUGHTER

During the week or so leading up to the start of SXSW 2010, I’ll be providing a glimpse into some of the films I am looking forward to at the festival. SXSW will feature many great films, many more than I can cover, ranging from narrative fiction to documentary, comedy to horror, foreign to animation, independent to studio films.

SYNOPSIS: Joey Frisk is a stand-up comic whose life just stopped being funny. In the most important week of his career, with a talent scout coming to check him out, his ex-wife threatens to take custody of his daughter and his landlord promises to evict him. Joey retaliates that night during his act and threatens the landlord in front of a captive audience. The next morning, his landlord is in the hospital with a fractured skull and Joey is arrested for Grievous Bodily Harm. To make matters worse, he has no memory of what happened. Looking for help, Joey turns to Frank Archer, a school friend who has recently walked back into his life. Frank is keen that he and Joey get reacquainted and offers to take him into his home. But as Joey finds out, friendship is the last thing on Frank’s mind.

Official Website of CRYING WITH LAUGHTER