FEATURE FILM
'EDIE'
DIR: SIMON HUNTER
PROD: MARK STOTHERT
TIM DENNISON
CAST: SHEILA HANCOCK
KEVIN GUTHRIE
AMY MANSON
PAUL BRANNIGAN
WENDY MORGAN
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.
GENRE / DRAMA
YEAR / 2017
COUNTRY / SCOTLAND & ENGLAND
LENGTH / 97 MINS
ASPECT RATIO / 2.35: 1
LANGUAGE / ENGLISH
SOUND MIX /DOLBY DIGITAL ATMOS & DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1
BUDGET /
Sheila Hancock, takes a standard story and makes it into a truly inspiring tale
Sheila Hancock delivers an acting master class in Edie
Sheila Hancock anchors the film effortlessly in a stunning performance
An inspirational story
Edie, a truly life-affirming film!