{"id":12056,"date":"2022-08-20T21:57:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T01:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12056"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:48:34","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-writer-director-robert-budreau-on-bringing-delias-gone-to-the-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12056","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview: Writer-Director Robert Budreau on Bringing \u2018Delia\u2019s Gone\u2019 to the Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film <strong><em>Delia\u2019s Gone<\/em><\/strong>, based on the short story <strong><em>Caged Bird Sing<\/em><\/strong> by Michael Hamblin, follows an intellectually-disabled man wrongly accused of killing his sister who sets out to find her real killer. To adapt Hamblin\u2019s story, Budreau maintained many elements that spoke to him but also added to it to make it even more compelling.<\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak to Budreau, who was on set for his next project, about making this film during the pandemic and casting Marisa Tomei in an unexpected role.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/abucm.org\/assets\/pdf\/wellbutrin.html\">buy wellbutrin<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> He also discussed the relevance of seeing the film in theaters or at home and similarities between this and his previous film, <strong><em>Stockholm<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12057\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12057\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-1024x927.jpg\" alt=\"Delia's Gone\" width=\"696\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-696x630.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone-464x420.jpg 464w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Delias-Gone.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marisa Tomei. Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film summary:<\/p>\n<p>Delia\u2019s Gone follows Louis (Stephen James), who has an intellectual disability and lives with his older sister Delia (Genelle Williams) amidst her struggles with addiction following their father\u2019s death. After a night of drinking, Delia\u2019s truck is found abandoned at a bar, drawing suspicion from the local sheriff (Marisa Tomei) who soon discovers she\u2019s been killed. All evidence points to Louis who, pressured by police, pleads guilty and is sentenced to five years in prison for his sister\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/abucm.org\/assets\/pdf\/cymbalta.html\">buy cymbalta<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> Upon release, Louis is confined to a home care facility where he is visited by Stacker (Travis Fimmel), one of the men to last see Delia alive, who implies that there is more to her death than meets the eye. Armed with this new information, Louis escapes the facility on a personal mission to find who is responsible for Delia&#8217;s mysterious death.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/abucm.org\/assets\/pdf\/flomax.html\">buy flomax<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"YNpTzYQet08\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Delia&#039;s Gone | Official Trailer | Vertical Entertainment\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YNpTzYQet08?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Delia\u2019s Gone <\/em><\/strong>premieres in theaters nationwide and on demand on Friday, August 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. The film Delia\u2019s Gone, based on the short story Caged Bird Sing by Michael Hamblin, follows an intellectually-disabled man wrongly accused of killing his sister who sets out to find her real killer. To adapt Hamblin\u2019s story, Budreau maintained many elements that spoke to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[11254,11253,11258,3606,11255,952,11257,11252,5852,11256,4868],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive Video Interview: Writer-Director Robert Budreau on Bringing \u2018Delia\u2019s Gone\u2019 to the Screen | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writer-director Robert Budreau discusses his work on Delia&#039;s Gone, starring Stephan James and Marisa Tomei.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12056\" 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