SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
Directed by Rachel Lambert
USA | 91 min | 2023 | drama | English
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Credits
Director: Rachel Lambert
Screenplay: Kevin Armento, Stefanie AbelHorowitz, KatyWright-Mead
Cinematography: Dustin Lane
Editing: Ryan Kendrick
Production Design: Daniel Maughiman
Music / Composer: Dabney Morris
Sound on set: Brian Mazzola
Sound Design: Russell Mehringer/JT Dekker
Production company: Saks Picture Company, Point Productions
Cast: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia DeBonis, Meg Stalter
With financial support of: Point Productions, Mirror Image Films
Rachel LambertUSA
Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2023-US Dramatic Competition
press quotes
“…a Sundance breakout.”
“…a supremely fun watch.”
“…a witty, surreal, and surprisingly tender character study…”
“Sometimes I Think About Dying…is a graceful treatise on how challenging — but liberating — it can be to make connections.”
“…Daisy Ridley Carries a Poetic Meditation on Isolation.”
“Lambert took a story about depression and everyday mundane life and turned it into something refreshing, innovative, and humorous…”
“She [Ridley] shows a maturity befitting her age, which perhaps serves as subtle advertisement to future collaborators that Ridley is no longer just the plucky heir to Luke Skywalker.”
“The film is shot with an artful calm that’s enriched by Dabney Morris’s lush score.”
“Ridley, even when she’s matched with other strong talents like the hilarious Meg Stalter…or the always-emphatic Marcia DeBonis,…shines brightest here. You cannot help but root for her, which means you can’t help but root for Fran”
