Deany Bean is Dead
When a 30-something who is hopelessly hung-up on her ex-boyfriend accidentally ends up at his house during his engagement party, she decides to sabotage everything and win him back - a plan that is hampered by the fact that she has the dead body of her abusive boss hidden in her car out front.
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Mikael KreuzrieglerDirectorOthello, Hedda Gabler, Gods of Garbage
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Allison VolkWriterInnocent Sleep, Last Ditch Therapy
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Mikael KreuzrieglerProducerOthello, Hedda Gabler, Gods of Garbage
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Allison VolkProducerInnocent Sleep, Last Ditch Therapy
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Allison VolkKey Cast"Deany"The Lone Ranger, Innocent Sleep, Last Ditch Therapy
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Colin MartinKey Cast"Myron"Innocent Sleep, Othello
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Paul TigueKey Cast"Dr. Harris"20th Century Women, Candy Jar, Two Broke Girls
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Wendy WilkinsKey Cast"Maxine"Neighbors, Bull Fights, You Have a Nice Flight
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Sarah SiadatKey Cast"Angela"Veep, Grimm, The Young and the Restless
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Melanie Leanne MillerKey Cast"Tara"The Myth of the American Sleepover, James Blondes
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Paulina BugembeKey Cast"Issy"Scandal, The Good Place, Time Traveling Bong
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Kaitlin HuweKey Cast"Daisy"Animal Kingdom, Workaholics, Pretty Baby, The Mindy Project
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Christopher Glenn CannonKey Cast"Tom"Lost, Consequences
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Bodie NewcombKey Cast"Jermaine"LA Confidential, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Revenge
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Jay WallaceKey Cast"Jermaine (voice)"
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Project Type:Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 24 minutes
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Completion Date:June 1, 2018
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:2K
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Aspect Ratio:1.78 (16x9 V
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Dances with FilmsHollywood, California
United States
June 16, 2018
World Premiere -
Utah Film AwardsProvo, Utah
United States
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Glenn Cannon -
Long Beach Independent Film FestivalLong Beach, CA
United States
September 1, 2018
Best Narrative Feature Nominee -
Ojai Film FestivalOjai, CA
United States
November 2, 2018 -
The Valley Film FestivalNorth Hollywood, CA
United States
November 1, 2018 -
Strasburg Film FestivalStrasburg, VA
United States
November 10, 2018
East Coast Premiere
Nomination: Best Comedy
Mikael’s work has been screened at the Berlinale, the Sundance Film Festival, the Directors Guild of America and many film festivals around the world. He earned his Magister philosophiae degree in German Literature, Philosophy and Theater Studies upon a thesis on Ernst Lubitsch's musical comedies from the University of Vienna. He received an MFA in film production from USC.
This is a deeply romantic story about an outsider, a young woman still suffering from a bad breakup. What I was most interested in as director was the story’s unique tone, resulting from the combination of a comedic, at times even farcical story-framework, with a darker, more absurdist side.
Deany, the protagonist, is a flawed anti-hero, a character struggling to get grip on her life – and a character that doesn’t conform to the usual “easy likability” aspects of a typical Hollywood film.
Our approach was to apply a realistic, almost documentary-style visual treatment: naturalistic, truthful performances; naturalistic lighting, handheld, simple camera work, minimal lighting to allow for flexibility in the blocking of the actors; the visual style is intended to play on the constant tension between the three emotional cornerstones of the story: Deany’s initial lethargy – the franticness of the farcical central complications – and Deany’s frequent romantic day-dreams. We were inspired by the work of John Cassavetes, Wong Kar Wai’s Days of Being Wild, and PT Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love, as well the Duplass brothers’ TV-Series TOGETHERNESS - films by filmmakers who are interested in exploring human interaction, films that put the characters and performances at the center.