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2024 Sarasota Film Festival

The Suit

202320 minUnited StatesEnglish

Screenings

  • Feel Good Shorts

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    Monday, April 8 at 1:00 PM EDT

    Ends 2:43 PM EDT

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    Regal Hollywood screen #8

About this film

The short film, The Suit, inspired by a song of the same name written by the legendary songwriter Hugh Prestwood, follows a salt of the earth older woman and her granddaughter who go in search of the perfect suit for Grandpa, a man who has spent his life “scratchin’ the earth.” Together they travel the Nebraska countryside, making stops at a General Store, a fine haberdashery, and ultimately, a Thrift store where we ultimately learn it is the suit Grandpa will be buried in. The Suit is about how the simplest task can take on monumental importance. It’s about how to say goodbye when words are utterly inadequate. The many ways we express love. And how we manage to continue in its absence, finding our strength in those around us.


Screened as part of the Feel Good section.

Credits

Director
Carol McCann
Producer
Carol McCann, Michael Lesser, Alan Ball
Screenwriter
Carol McCann
Cast
Kristine Nielsen, Delaney Quinn
Short
The Suit
The Suit — production still