Edie (film)

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Edie (2017)
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Directed bySimon Hunter
Written byElizabeth O'Halloran
Produced byMark Stothert
Tim Dennison
Edward Little
Starring Sheila Hancock
Kevin Guthrie
Paul Brannigan
Amy Manson
Wendy Morgan
CinematographyAugust Jakobsson
Edited by Olly Stothert
Music by Debbie Wiseman
Production
company
Cape Wrath Films
Distributed by Arrow Films (UK)
Release dates
  • 26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)(Edinburgh International Film Festival)
  • 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
Running time
102 minutes
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.9 million [1] [2]

Edie is a 2017 British drama film directed by Simon Hunter and written by Elizabeth O'Halloran. The film stars Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie and Paul Brannigan. The soundtrack was written by Debbie Wiseman. Principal photography began in the Scottish Highlands in 2016.

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Plot

Edith Moore (Edie) is a bitter, gruff woman in her eighties. In the months following her husband George's death, Edie's strained relationship with her daughter Nancy begins to worsen. The question over Edie's future looms large; while Edie tries hard to convince Nancy she can manage fine by herself, Nancy is making plans for her mother to move to a retirement home. Edie feels like it is the beginning of the end. It seems she will die with all the regrets of her past intact and one regret haunts her most of all. When Edie was married, her father planned a hiking trip for them to climb Suilven in the Scottish Highlands. Edie yearned to go, but her husband George, an abusive and controlling man, made her stay at home. Nearly thirty years later, Edie decides to make the trip herself alone. [3]

Cast

Production

Principal photography on the film began in May 2016. The primary filming location was the village of Lochinver and the mountain Suilven in the Northern Scottish Highlands. Sheila Hancock completed the trek up the mountain herself, and claims to have been the oldest person to do so. [4] [5] [6] The film was completed in March 2017.

Reception

The film received a good audience reception on release. [7] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 62% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 6.07/10. [8]

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