Just Buried

Just Buried
Film poster
Directed by	Chaz Thorne
Written by	Chaz Thorne
Starring	Jay Baruchel Rose Byrne Graham Greene Nigel Bennett
Release dates	September 9, 2007 (2007-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival) July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25) (Canada)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Just Buried is a 2007 Canadian film written and directed by Chaz Thorne and stars Jay Baruchel and Rose Byrne.

Synopsis

When Oliver Whynacht (Jay Baruchel) inherits his estranged father's funeral home, he discovers it is almost bankrupt. After a night of drinking with Roberta Knickel (Rose Byrne), he kills a local man with his truck. Roberta, who is both the local coroner and funeral home embalmer, helps Oliver stage the body so that it appears like an accident. However, when suspicion is raised that the death may not be accidental, Oliver and Roberta realize that they have to kill again. This need to hide their first crime and to keep the funeral home in business, Oliver and Roberta falling in love and participating in a series of "accidental" deaths. After Roberta gets pregnant the truth comes out that she had been using Oliver to get back the funeral home which originally belonged to her mother. Roberta killed Oliver's dad in order to use him to regain ownership of the funeral home, a process that cost Oliver his life.

Cast

• Jay Baruchel as Oliver Whynacht
• Rose Byrne as Roberta Knickel
• Graham Greene as Henry Sanipass
• Nigel Bennett as Chief Knickle
• Sergio Di Zio as Jackie Whynacht
• Reagan Pasternak as Luanne
• Thomas Gibson as Charlie Richmond
• Brian Downey as Pickles

External links

• Official website
• Just Buried at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
• Just Buried at IMDb