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Weeping Shriner

Country: Canada, Language: English, 16 mins

  • Director: William Preston Robertson
  • Writer: William Preston Robertson
  • Producer: Karen Severin

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A grieving, emotionally repressed lounge pianist becomes burdened with an elderly shriner (and earlier lounge patron) in the throes of an inconsolable crying jag, and thereby comes to terms with his own sadness.


Watch...

Weeping Shriner (1999) from William Preston Robertson on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Geoffrey Lower as Lance Thornton;
Bob Larkin as Frail Shriner;
James Leland Adams as Bartender;
Tom Finnegan as Stocky shriner;
Lori Heuring as Young woman;
Ken Sawyer as Lance Thornton's partner