User:ModernCrimeNarrative/Cloudburst

Cloudburst is a 2011 movie directed by Thom Fitzgerald, starring Olympia Dukakis, Ryan Doucette, Kristin Booth and Brenda Fricker. It tells the story of two elderly lesbians who sneak out of a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia to get married.

STAGE PLAY
Cloudburst is based on the stage play of the same name, which debuted in April, 2010 at Plutonium Playhouse in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The play, also written by Thom Fitzgerald, won the 2011 Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding New Play.

SOUNDTRACK
Cloudburst features songs by kd lang, Sophie B. Hawkins, Jay Brannan, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Ryan MacGrath.