Life Is About Losing Everything
The story
Life Is About Losing Everything is a hybrid documentary, equal parts feminist artist portrait and fantastical memoir, exploring loss and love through the lens of pop culture and art. Based on Canadian poet Lynn Crosbie’s memoir of the same name, the film follows multiple fictionalized incarnations of Crosbie as they embark on a delirious journey through the writer’s memories and imagination, encountering celebrity lookalikes, an inch-tall man, uncanny high schoolers, and a Zombie Sylvia Plath along the way. Drawing on a wealth of pop and literary references, Life Is About Losing Everything reflects on the role of art and storytelling in finding kinship and giving meaning to our lives.
Cast & crew
Lynn Crosbie
Herself, Narrator
Susan Touchbourne
Neely
Michael Dent
Tony
Kris Langille
Prompter
Peter Bannister
Disco Dancer
Micheal J Hill
Disco Dancer
Jayna Shi
Disco Dancer
Janelle Wilson
Disco Dancer
Rubee Fegan
Woman in Bed
Tim-Fabian Hoffmann
Tiny
Sarah Green
Girl
Quinlan Mormul
Anguish
Alexander Handy
Lafitte
Augusta "Gus" Monet
Lynn NYE
Stefan Ramírez Pérez
Director, Producer
Benjamin Ramírez Pérez
Director, Producer
Paul Faltz
Cinematography
Nikolai Szymanski
Music