A PRAYER FOR THE DYING

A PRAYER FOR THE DYING

Directed by Dara Van Dusen
Norway, UK, Sweden | coming 2025 | survival thriller | English

1870. Friendship: A small Wisconsin town, made up of Scandinavian settlers, is still suffering from the repercussions of the recent Civil War. So when faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.

Credits 

Director: Dara Van Dusen
Screenplay: Dara Van Dusen
Cinematography: Kate McCullough (NORMAL PEOPLE)
Production Design: Hubert Pouille (MANDY)
Production Company: Eye Eye Pictures
Co-production Companies: The Bureau, Garagefilm International, Film I Väst

Starring John C.Reilly (CHICAGO, GANGS OF NEW YORK, THE SISTER BROTHERS) Kristine Kujath Thorp (SICK OF MYSELF, NINJABABY), and Gustav Lindh (QUEEN OF HEARTS, THE NORTHMAN).

 

From the producers of: THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD and SICK OF MYSELF

Co-represented with Anton Corp and WME.

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    Dara Van Dusen

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Dara Van Dusen

Dara Van Dusen is a writer and director from New York, currently residing in Oslo, Norway. She is the recipient of the coveted Norwegian Film Institute Fellowship, and has received numerous development and production grants from the Norwegian Film Institute. Her 2008 Short, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS competed in Cannes Official Selection. Her most recent short, THE BLIND MAN – an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s short story, – was nominated for Best Nordic Short and selected in the Nordic Panorama. After studying at the famed Polish National Film School in Lodz, she has split her time between developing her own material and working as a script supervisory across Film and TV.