A Brand New You

A Brand New You (2014)

Mourn First, Clone Later

Grieving young widower Santiago convinces his landlord - a disgraced biochemist with a serious hygiene problem - to help him clone his dead wife, using their female housemate as a surrogate mother.

Date of release
2014-04-06
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Kathryn Palmateer, Shawn Whitney

Casting

Interesting facts

A Brand New You is a 2014 Canadian dark comedy film, directed by Kathryn Palmateer and Shawn Whitney, and starring Freya Ravensbergen, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Clinton Lee Pontes and Vanessa Burns. The film was described as "a low-key comedy about a widower who enlists his roommates in a half-baked scheme to clone his dead wife".

Production

Kathryn Palmateer a freelance photographer by trade and Shawn Whitney a filmmaker, writer and story editor are a married couple who were inspired to make A Brand New You for the opportunity to create together. In July 2014 Kathryn launched a book featuring photos and stories of women who have had abortions entitled One Kind Word: Women Share Their Abortion Stories.

Having very limited resources meant much about the filmmaking process relied heavily on the pragmatism of the filmmakers and their determination to get it done. Pre-production focussed on having a great script, finding a great cinematographer, actors, and music. The directors were inspired by the mumblecore movement of filmmakers. Alex Lisman the cinematographer had a documentary background so the directors knew he could shoot fast and solidly.

The 95+ page script was shot on location in only 12 days with some days shooting 12 pages in the day. The filmmakers sacrificed coverage to get the day done and focussed instead on tonal consistency to balance both the funny and sad aspects of the performances and script.

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