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Maudie

    • Director

      Aisling Walsh

    • Credits

      Producers:
      Bob Cooper,
      Mary Young Leckie,
      Mary Sexton
      Susan Mullen.

      Writer:
      Sherry White.

    • Principal Cast

      Sally Hawkins,
      Ethan Hawke,
      Zachery Bennet,
      Gabriella Rose

  • Category

    Feature
    F-Rated

Though crippled with debilitating arthritis, Maudie (Sally Hawkins) is forced to forge her own path when her brother sells their home. A twist of fate leads her to a job as cleaning lady for taciturn fisherman Ethan Hawke), living in a tiny shack in the wilds of Nova Scotia.

When Maudie picks up a paintbrush one day, she discovers a talent for joyful brightly-coloured art, and she soon becomes a local sensation. Walsh has crafted a portrait of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903–1970) that is intimate, complex and compelling. Hawkins captures Maudie’s frailty and irrepressible optimism in a performance that is nothing short of Oscar-worthy.

Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

116 minutes, Ireland, Canada, 2017, Colour

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