Her father David possesses a devotion for the sticky stuff that has become an essential part of this country’s cultural heritage. And her older brother) is well on his way to charting his own intensely gross course. But while the 39-year-old Caitlin’s feature directorial debutis painted with its fair share of crimson, her own history of violence comes with its limits.
At the heart of the story is one wealthy family whose members descend into backstabbing chaos after their patriarch decides to sacrifice himself to government goons without reading the fine print of his euthanasia contract.“It’s meant to be a family drama taking place within a world going crazy outside the walls of the house,” Cronenberg says. “But it became more relatable over the course of time it took to actually make it.
“He did have an on-screen cameo at one point, but it got cut – though it was nothing to do with his performance! It was a pacing issue,” says Caitlin, noting that she’s already directed her father before, and in similarly morbid circumstances, in her 2021 short film“He did tell me he was available if I needed him,” Caitlin says, “but I think I’ve seen enough of my dad’s corpse already.”, the feature-length directorial debut of Caitlin Cronenberg.