Maudie (film)
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| Directed by | Aisling Walsh |
| Produced by | Bob Cooper Mary Young Leckie Mary Sexton Susan Mullen |
| Screenplay by | Sherry White |
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Ethan Hawke Sally Hawkins |
| Music by | Michael Timmins |
| Cinematography | Guy Godfree |
| Edited by | Stephen O'Connell |
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| Distributed by | Mongrel Media |
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115 minutes |
| Country | Ireland Canada |
| Language | English |
Maudie is a 2016 Irish-Canadian biographical-drama film directed by Aisling Walsh and starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke. The film is about the life of Canadian artist Maud Lewis, who painted in Nova Scotia. It was shot in Newfoundland and Labrador, requiring a recreation of Lewis' famously small house.
It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and won a number of awards at other festivals. After a wider Canadian release in April 2017, Maudie received positive reviews.
According to producer Mary Sexton, attempts at a biographical film about Maud Lewis were made for 10 years.Aisling Walsh became the director. Walsh said the film "celebrates this woman who was rather amazing". The subject of the film painted despite rheumatoid arthritis, with Walsh remarking, "She worked so hard at it and in such tough conditions sometimes". Walsh also described Lewis' biography as "a very Canadian story, it's a very Nova Scotian story".
Walsh sent actress Sally Hawkins, a hobbyist painter, photographs of Lewis, and Hawkins attempted to imitate Lewis' style in her art.Sean Bean was cast as Everett Lewis, but left the project due to other commitments, and was replaced by Ethan Hawke. Hawke accepted the role for his fondness of Atlantic Canada, owning property in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.
The film was shot entirely in Newfoundland rather than Nova Scotia, where Lewis painted, after the Nova Scotia government reduced its film credit program.Maudie was filmed in areas around St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in fall 2015, with finances from the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation. Walsh felt the landscape of Keels and Trinity Bay was reminiscent of the Digby area in the 1930s and 1940s. In life, Lewis had a very small house, at 10 ft × 12 ft (3.0 m × 3.7 m), and Walsh wished to be accurate, creating a carefully detailed replica, but the recreation of the house had to be enlarged to accommodate a film crew.
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