King of Sorrow (film)
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King of Sorrow is a 2006 Canadian film starring Kim Coates
Kim Coates
Kim Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre...
and Lara Daans. It is written, produced and directed by Damian Lee
Damian Lee
Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School...
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Plot
Redemption and damnation share a bed of hope in a love story between a suicidalSuicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
psychiatrist and a drug addicted
Substance dependence
The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all. It explains:...
homicidal cop. How far can one fall, and how bad can one become, and still find forgiveness?
Cast
- Kim CoatesKim CoatesKim Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre...
as Steve Serrano - Lara Daans as Dani Brookes
- Angela Asher as Dr. Dreyfus
- Daniel Matmor as Frank Jennings
- Stefano Pezzetta as Young Steve
- Robert Van Dyke as Steve's Uncle
- Nicole RobertNicole RobertNicole Robert is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored ten goals.-References:*...
as Old Prostitute - Robert Smith as John Baker
- Stephanie MooreStephanie MooreStephanie Moore is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on P2 as Lorraine and in the films Cube Zero, Angel Eyes, and John Q.-Filmography:*Labour Laws *King of Sorrow as Julia Baker...
as Julia Baker - Sadie LeBlanc as Blondie
- Heidi von Palleske as Dr. Sally Champlain