LOUSY CARTER
Film - International Independents

LOUSY CARTER

Directed by Bob Byington

Info

Director: Bob Byington
Section: International Independents
Country: USA
Year: 2023
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: David Krumholtz, Martin Starr, Olivia Thirlby
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A sensitive, offbeat tragicomedy starring David Krumholtz as a hapless but oddly likeable college professor.

Debt, divorce, despondence: “Lousy” Carter, a literature professor suffering from burnout, lives up to his nickname. When his doctor’s diagnosis delivers a devastating blow, he must decide: Can he get his life back on track, or is it all hopeless?

Show calendar

Calendar

  • After the film: Q&A with Bob Byington

    Rio 1
  • After the film: Q&A with Bob Byington

    Amerikahaus Theatersaal

Meet the director

LOUSY CARTER

Bob Byington

Bob Byington, born in Nebraska in 1971, attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of Texas at Austin. He made his first feature film, SHAMELESS, in 1996. Byington’s subsequent works 7 CHINESE BROTHERS (2015), INFINITY BABY (2017), and FRANCES FERGUSON (2020) all premiered at the Munich International Film Festival.

Credits

Screenplay: Bob Byington
Film Editor: Kris Boustedt
Composer: Leafcuts
Production Designer: Iman Corbani
Costume Design: Olivia Mori
Sound: Roderick Jaynes
Animation: Bob Sabiston
Make-up artist: Trina White
Casting director: Lee Eddy
Producer: Chris McKenna, Bob Byington
Production Company: LOUSY C LLC
Executive producer: Stuart Bohart
Co-Producer: Kris Boustedt