Interview | Sheila Hancock & Kevin Guthrie | Edie | EIFF 2017

At the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 I had the chance to talk to Sheila Hancock and Kevin Guthrie about my favorite film of the festival: EDIE.
About the film:
After the death of her control obsessive husband, whom she cared for until his end, her daughter (Wendy Morgan) would like to put 84 years old Edie (Sheila Hancock) into a retirement home. But she does not even think about it. Rather, she decides to fulfill a life-long dream and to climb the Suilven, an iconic mountain in the scottish highlands. She employs Jonny (Kevin Guthrie) to get her the right equipment and prepare her for the strenuous ascension. As they get to know each other better and better, they reveal more and more details of their lives to each other.
Director: Simon Hunter
Writer: Simon Hunter, Edward Lynden-Bell, Elizabeth O’Halloran
Actors: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson, Wendy Morgan
My review of the film:
English version: www.nochnfilm.d...
Deutsche Version: www.nochnfilm.d...
Trailer:
vimeo.com/2215...

[@Sunflowers159]

I saw this film this afternoon. Edie reminds me, both in looks and attitude, of a friend of mine who died last year aged almost 96. She was still feisty and full of life until she had a stroke at the age of 94 and had to go into a nursing home - which she hated! Unlike Edie my friend had led a very full and eventful life although, like Edie, she'd had to look after her husband for several years when he developed Parkinson's. When he died she took over the administration of the charity he'd founded and ran it by herself - teaching herself how to make spreadsheets, databases and other things at an age when most people have long retired. This film reminds us never to write off elderly people or ridicule and condescend to them because you never know what they have been through and what they're capable of.

[@hupfflorence7254]

Love your description. I MUST see this movie!

[@alwaysahiccupandastrid]

“Because he was working on something else” - I’m willing to bet it was the Beasts sequel xD I really want to watch this film, it looks amazing!

[@coucoucoucou2108]

Je découvre la bande annoncé de ce film par hasard...Edith, en chemin vers ses rêves....sorti en France le 18 septembre et vraiment pas resté longtemps à l'affiche. Quel dommage...finalement, je n'ai pas pu voir le film....mais je découvre deux acteurs magnifiques.

[@mariabolton7468]

Inspirational...

[@deborahkristensen9344]

Bad accustics!