STARRING
JOHNNY ROE JR.
VIRGIE MARIE PENNOUI
STANLEY LAVIOLETTE
JOHN MARINGOUIN
USA / Documentary / 85 minutes / Color
RUNNING STUMBLED is Director John Maringouin's apocalyptic film starring his estranged family as themselves---a small town Dadaist painter, a prescription drug addict, a pimp and an accused murderer.
REVIEWS
A video phantasmagoria of disorienting stylistics and mind-altering imagery...pic reps a remarkable filmmaking debut for Maringouin....
- Bob Koehler, Variety
John Maringouin's "Running Stumbled" is one of the most visceral motion pictures you will ever experience (that's a bold statement, but talk to me after you've watched it and tell me I was wrong)...
-Michael Tully, Indiewire
One of the most dangerous films you'll ever see. Watching Running Stumbled is like picking a scab. It hurts, but you can't stop...
- Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
..Makes "Tarnation" seem about as raw as a cable infomercial...
-David Jenkins, Time Out London
..A terribly funny and sad amalgam of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "Grey Gardens" and "Capturing the Friedmans"...
-Ben Walters, Time Out London
..Running Stumbled plays out like a twisted Cassavetes film...
-Michael Ferraro, Film Threat
ABOUT JOHN MARINGOUIN
John Maringouin was born in New Orleans in 1973 and grew up in South Louisiana. His debut film, Running Stumbled , premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival to stunned audiences and has since gained international critical acclaim. In 2006, John was included in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film . John's next feature, Big River Man , about an fat alcoholic who swam the length of the Amazon River, is currently in post-production.