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The Grief Tourist

The Grief Tourist

He Goes to Dark Places...

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JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Grief Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale...

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

4.8/10

Release Date

23 August 2013

Country

Cast

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

Betsy

Michael Cudlitz

Michael Cudlitz

Jim

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Carl Marznap

Suzanne Quast

Suzanne Quast

Iris

Brad Bufanda

Brad Bufanda

Manny

Eddie J. Fernandez

Eddie J. Fernandez

Osvaldo

Abigail Schrader

Abigail Schrader

Waymond Lee

Waymond Lee

Office Worker

Samantha Lester

Samantha Lester

Donna

Nayo Wallace

Nayo Wallace

Janita

Joseph John Schirle

Joseph John Schirle

Young Jim

Linda S. Wong

Linda S. Wong

LA Female Reporter (as Linda Wong)

Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes

Crime-Scene Investigator

Donna Ponterotto

Donna Ponterotto

Gerry

Stefanie Kleine

Stefanie Kleine

Olga

Marcel Mazur

Marcel Mazur

Grant

Brian Hall

Brian Hall

Tom

Samantha Belén

Samantha Belén

Donna (as Samantha Lester)

Ernesto Chaverri

Ernesto Chaverri

Det. Ramirez

Steve Nave

Steve Nave

Reverend Amos Sanders

Danielle Lester

Danielle Lester

Diner Patron

Joan McCarthy

Joan McCarthy

AA participant

Ken Garcia

Ken Garcia

Agent Gomez

Anni Cyrus

Anni Cyrus

Sylvia Lester

Sylvia Lester

AA Speaker

Maxine English

Maxine English

Terry

Hannah Rogers

Hannah Rogers

Brandon Woxland

Brandon Woxland

Teen Attacker 2

Zackary James Woxland

Zackary James Woxland

Teen Attacker 1

Michael Woxland Jr.

Michael Woxland Jr.

Teen Attacker 3

Ethan Burnette

Ethan Burnette

The Hawk

Saunders Hyldreth

Saunders Hyldreth

Cook

Shannon McNulty

Shannon McNulty

Diner Patron

Howie B. Cohen

Howie B. Cohen

Walt Tahna

Victor A. Sandoval

Victor A. Sandoval

Mexican Teen

Morgan Lawton

Morgan Lawton

FBI Agent

David Warshofsky

David Warshofsky

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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