Donald Cried (2016)

Donald Cried: Directed by Kris Avedisian. With Jesse Wakeman, William Billington, Louisa Krause, Kris Avedisian. With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day’s journey into the past.

“Poor Peter. Years after successfully escaping his small-town for the big city, the dapper financier is forced to return to collect his grandmotheru0026#39;s ashes. This leads to a very uncomfortable reunion. Peter has obviously moved on, literally and figuratively, but not his old neighbor pal Donald. Nope. Donald is still the same old high school hoser, super keen to rekindle the good old days.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a classic premise, that works well on a cringe, comedic level, as Peter, the desperate, reluctant hostage tries valiantly to escape the eager clutches of the oblivious Donald, who seems to be dealing with some disturbing baggage.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Donald Criesu0026quot; twists that old formula just enough to explore several deeper issues, and the film grows fuller as the characters reveal themselves.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWriter, director, star Kris Avedisian is quite the talent, and his take on the wide-eyed, gung ho man-child Donald is a character for the ages.”