Mourning Has Broken is a 2013 Canadian dark comedy film written and directed by the Butler Brothers. The film stars Robert Nolan as a man who wakes up to find that his ailing wife, laying beside him in bed, has died in the middle of night. After finally getting out of bed the husband proceeds to go about the day as if nothing has happened, systematically going through his 'to-do' list that was left on the fridge for him by his wife. As the husband attempts to complete the tasks, his interactions with various people and things along the way become increasingly aggressive, often in a darkly funny manner. As he completes his list it becomes very clear that he is not coping with the loss of his wife very well at all, becoming emotionally unhinged, resulting in him taking his own life at the end.

The film premiered at the 2013 Calgary International Film Festival. The US premiere was at the 2013 Anchorage International Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award. The film was released theatrically in Canada on January 24, 2014 by Indiecan Entertainment.

Mourning Has Broken (film)

Cast

Robert Nolan as Husband

Shawn Devlin as Neighbor

Jennifer DeLucia as Clerk

JoAnn Nordstrom as Bartender

Graham Kent as Mechanic

Brett M. Butler as Homeboy

Jason G. Butler as Father

Damien Gulde as Hipster

Kevin Scott as Salesman

Serena Miller as Bimbo

Mike Donis as Douche

References

External links

2013 independent films

2013 films

Canadian black comedy films

Canadian independent films

English-language Canadian films

Films set in Canada

Films shot in Ontario

2010s Canadian films

Mourning Has Broken (film)