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Edie

Synopsis

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 climbing trip for them in the Scottish Highlands. Edie yearned to go, but her husband George, a difficult and controlling man, made her stay at home, nearly thirty years later, Edie decides to make the trip herself alone.
Edinburgh International FIlm Festival 2017 - World premiere

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 mins
Format
DCP Digital Cinema Package
Director
Simon Hunter
Producer
Mark Stothert, Tim Denison
Editor
Olly Stothert
Screenwriter
Elizabeth O'Halloran
Director of Photography
August Jakobsson
Production Designer
Chris Richmond
Composer
Music composed and conducted by Debbie Wiseman
Principal cast
Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson, Wendy Morgan
Film Image
©Cape Wrath Films

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Cape Wrath FIlms

Mark Stothert

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