Life Is About Losing Everything

Life Is About Losing Everything — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 24, 2026
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Director
• Stefan Ramírez Pérez

Life Is About Losing Everything — Cast

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Lynn Crosbie Herself, Narrator Susan Touchbourne Neely

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Michael Dent Tony

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Kris Langille Prompter

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Peter Bannister Disco Dancer

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Micheal J Hill Disco Dancer

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Jayna Shi Disco Dancer

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Janelle Wilson Disco Dancer