The Grief Tourist (2012)

A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker ... See full summary »

Director:

Suri Krishnamma

Writer:

Frank John Hughes

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Cudlitz

Cast

Credited cast:
Melanie Griffith	...	Betsy
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Carl Marznap
Michael Cudlitz	...	Jim
Suzanne Quast	...	Iris
Chris Hayes	...	Crime-Scene Investigator
Eddie J. Fernandez	...	Osvaldo
Brad Bufanda	...	Manny
Waymond Lee	...	Office Worker
Abigail Schrader
Samantha Lester	...	Donna
Nayo Wallace	...	Janita
Steve Nave	...	Reverend Amos Sanders
Joan McCarthy	...	AA participant
Donna Ponterotto	...	Gerry
Ken Garcia	...	Agent Gomez

Storyline

A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent...

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Taglines:

He Goes to Dark Places...

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 2013 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vision Entertainment Group, Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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