Cried Suicide
World Premiere

Cried Suicide

Shorts in Competition: Narrative
| USA | 14 MINUTES | English
Comedy

Heartbroken over an ex-girlfriend, Jay (Nicol Paone) is desperate for attention and fakes a suicide attempt. When she returns home with her best friend Jen (Sarah Burns), they are visited by their well-meaning friends who don't know Jay was faking and offer their own condolences in the form of tears, food, and even porn.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Lauren Palmigiano and Lauren Palmigiano
Lauren Palmigiano is a writer/director at FunnyorDie.com, where she has written Internet hits and misses such as My Mother's Red Hat starring Alicia Silverstone, Lashisse, and Tiffani Thiessen Is Busy, among others. Cried Suicide is Lauren's first piece longer than five minutes… because the Internet has a short attention span.
Producers
Lauren Palmigiano, Melissa Szilag
Primary Cast
Nicol Paone, Sarah Burns
Director of Photography
Christian Sprenger
Editor
Ross McNamara
Director
Lauren Palmigiano
Screenwriter
Lauren Palmigiano

Contacts
Submitter
Mike Farah
Funny or Die
Phone: 323 460 7007
farah@funnyordie.com
Technical Contact
Lauren Palmigiano
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: 323 460 7007
lauren@funnyordie.com
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