After Brenda

After Brenda — Plot

An alcoholic and potbellied fifty-year old, Pierre Lamarche has lost everything: accused of rape by Brenda, the woman he loves, he finds himself in the street after a spell in prison. Obsessed by his ex-lover, he suspects her of sleeping with the neighbours and taking up prostitution. Confiding his misfortunes to the camera in the same way as he would submit himself to therapy, Pierre considers himself rather like the producer of a film on his life. A real ham actor, he gets into his stride and lavishes his tale with exaggerations and spicy details. For his part, Cumming directs his makeshift actors, sets the scene and provokes encounters as the master of ceremonies of what he himself describes as a lowbrow novel.

• Release date
• December 27, 1997
• Runtime
• 41 min
• Director
• Donigan Cumming

After Brenda — Cast

P

Pierre Lamarche Pierre

B

Brenda Jardine Brenda

C

Colin Kane Colin

N

Nelson Coombs Nelson

G

Gilles Lacroix Gilles

M

Mina Putugu Mina Donigan Cumming Donigan