Give Me Pity!

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Give Me Pity!
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Film poster
Directed by Amanda Kramer [1] [2]
Written byAmanda Kramer [2]
Produced byJacob Agger [2]
Sarah Winshall [2]
Starring Sophie von Haselberg [2]
Reshma Gajjar [2]
Cricket Arrison [2]
Shelley Long [2]
M. Diesel [2]
Tess Hewlett [2]
Malachi Middleton [2]
CinematographyPatrick Meade Jones [2]
Edited byBenjamin Shearn [2]
Music byGiulio Carmassi [2]
Bryan Scary [2]
Production
companies
Irving Harvey [2]
Neon Heart Productions [2]
Smudge Films [2]
Distributed by Utopia
Aspect Ratio [3]
Release date
Running time
80 minutes [1] [2]
CountryUnited States [1] [2]
LanguageEnglish [1]
Box office$9,835 [4]

Give Me Pity! is a 2022 American psychedelic musical comedy film [5] , directed and written by Amanda Kramer. The films stars Sophie von Haselberg as Sissy St Claire, a 80s television star, who gets her own television special, only to turn out not as expected.

Contents

The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 29, 2022.

Synopsis

A young performer is allowed to shine in her very own TV special but this doesn't turn out as expected.

Cast

Additionally, Reshma Gajjar, Tess Hewlett, and Malachi Middleton stars as the dancers.

Production

Produced on a low-budget, Give Me Pity! was filmed in five days during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Release

On January 7, 2022, Alief launched the global sales for the film. [7] The film first premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 29, 2022. [8] It also premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22, 2022, [9] the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 12, 2022, [10] [11] the Edinburgh International Film Festival on August 15, 2022, [12] the Fantastic Fest on September 23, 2022, [13] the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image on October 16, 2022, [14] and the Splat!FilmFest Horror Film Festival on October 27, 2022. [15] On July 22, 2022, Utopia picked up the film distribution rights to the film, with Aspect Ratio serving as a co-distributor. [5] The film had its New York City premiere on February 23, 2023, and was released to select digital platforms on March 7, 2023. [16] On May 22, 2023, Bulldog Film Distribution picked up the film distribution rights for the United Kingdom and Ireland, [17] and was released to theaters and on digital platforms on November 10, 2023. [18]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 87% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. [19] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film three out of five stars, writing "A genuinely strange and unsettling creation whose meaning and form can’t quite be pinned down". [20] Dulcie Pearce of The Sun gave the film three out of five stars, writing "Innovative and experimental, Sissy’s live unravelling is boundary-pushing. But it is also challenging to stick with when, at times, the bold film-making veers into being simply bizarre". [21]

Box office

In the United States, the film made $8,537 on its opening weekend, and made $8,572 totally. In the United Kingdom, it made $8,537 in just 18 theaters. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Give Me Pity!". IFFR EN. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ide, Wendy (2022-01-29). "'Give Me Pity!': Rotterdam Review". Screen Daily . Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  3. ↑ "GIVE ME PITY!". American Cinematheque. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  4. 1 2 "Give Me Pity!". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Ravindran, Manori (2022-07-22). "Utopia Buys Psychedelic Musical Comedy 'Give Me Pity!' Out of Fantasia (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  6. ↑ "ICA | Give Me Pity! + Q&A". ica.art. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  7. ↑ Lang, Jamie (2022-01-07). "Alief Secures Global Sales Rights to Amanda Kramer's Frenetic Dark Comedy 'Give Me Pity!' Ahead of Rotterdam World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  8. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey. "Online Rotterdam 2022 reveals new opening film, full line-up". Screen. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  9. ↑ "Fantasia Festival | Give Me Pity!". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  10. ↑ "MIFF Film Archive". MIFF 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne International Film Festival 2022: Full program, dates, locations". July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  12. ↑ "10 films to watch out for at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022". BFI. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  13. ↑ "GIVE ME PITY! - Fantastic Fest 2022". 2022.fantasticfest.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  14. ↑ "B3 Festival of the Moving Image". B3 Festival of the Moving Image. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  15. ↑ "PROGRAM KINOWY 2022 - Splat!FilmFest". 2022-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  16. ↑ "Give Me Pity! - NOWNESS". www.nowness.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  17. ↑ Tabbara, Mona. "'Give Me Pity!' lands for UK and Ireland (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  18. ↑ "The Movie Waffler". www.themoviewaffler.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  19. ↑ "Give Me Pity! | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  20. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (2023-11-07). "Give Me Pity! review – brilliantly observed hallucinatory nightmare of 80s showbiz". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  21. ↑ Pearce, Dulcie (2023-11-09). "Nicolas Cage's superb new comedy Dream Scenario is bound to be a sleeper hit". The Sun. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
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