Official Selection, Hot Docs 2013
"Moving and profound." - NOW Magazine
After running into a neighbourhood acquaintance who shared his list of reasons to live, filmmaker Alan Zweig felt a strong compulsion to make a film on the subject. From this inspiration begins a series of episodic chapters adapted to the themes of Ray Robertson’s collection of essays. The participants are as eclectic as the list, sharing personal anecdotes related to (among other themes) work, love, intoxication, humour, solitude, duty, home and death. Humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, Zweig’s compassion for his subjects and their stories, expressed through his conversational and candid interview style, ties these vignettes together in a visual essay that strikes deeper chords about finding meaning in our existence. Amongst his subjects’ reasons to live Zweig finds a couple of his own in his touching, honest and endearing way. Alexander Rogalski, Hot Docs
Director Alan Zweig will be in attendance for post-screening Q&As on October 7, at 8:30 p.m., October 9, at 9:30 p.m., and October 10, at 1:45 p.m.
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