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Suffering Man's Charity

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Suffering Man's Charity
(a.k.a. Ghost Writer)
Directed byAlan Cumming
Written byThomas Gallagher
StarringAlan Cumming
David Boreanaz
CinematographyAlex Vendler
Music byPaul Cantelon
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States

Suffering Man's Charity, later released as Ghost Writer, is a 2007 comedy/horror film directed by Alan Cumming, written by playwright Thomas Gallagher, and starring Alan Cumming and David Boreanaz.

Plot

John, an eccentric music teacher, takes in Sebastian, a younger writer, ostensibly in an effort to help him, but is really attracted to him. When Sebastian starts dating a woman and it becomes serious, John starts a fight that ultimately results in Sebastian's accidental death. John then finds the manuscript of Sebastian's surprising, unpublished book and decides to publish it as his own.

Cast