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- For the trio, making “Krisha” was an intensely collaborative effort, one that brought the close-knit family even closer together. Although extremely personal, “Krisha” is not based on the life of film’s lead actress, who just so happens to share the same name as the titular protagonist.
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Krisha is a 2015 American psychological drama film written, directed and edited by Trey Edward Shults in his feature-length directorial debut, starring his real-life aunt Krisha Fairchild, and is the feature-length adaption of the 2014 short film Krisha also directed by Shults.
Mar 18, 2016 · The true story behind 'Krisha,' the staggering new indie film that turned a real-life family tragedy into a cinematic exorcism and took SXSW by storm.
Mar 18, 2016 · In interviews, Shults and his family are quite open about the fact that the film is based on their shared experience with an addict relative. The film feels like a blazing catharsis for all involved. Shults’ mother (a therapist in real life) has a scene with Krisha in an upstairs bathroom that is so pained, so raw, that it puts other ...
Mar 16, 2016 · If the family in the film seems tighter than most acting ensembles, it's because they have history: The director and writer, Trey Edward Shults, cast his aunt as the main character, his...
Mar 15, 2016 · The eponymous protagonist, an emotionally vulnerable alcoholic, is trying not to let her family down over the course of a painful Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Shults is trying not to fall into the ...
The title character is actually based on director Trey Edward Shults's cousin and Krisha Fairchild's niece Nica, a longtime addict who relapsed at a family reunion and died of an overdose soon after.
