The Edge of Seventeen
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| Directed by | Kelly Fremon Craig |
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| Written by | Kelly Fremon Craig |
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| Music by | Atli Örvarsson |
| Cinematography | Doug Emmett |
| Edited by | Tracey Wadmore-Smith |
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| Distributed by | STX Entertainment |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $18.6 million |
The Edge of Seventeen (originally titled Besties) is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed and written by Kelly Fremon Craig. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick. Principal photography began on October 21, 2015 in Vancouver and ended on December 3, 2015.
The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2016 and was theatrically released on November 18, 2016 by STX Entertainment. It received positive reviews and grossed just over $18 million against its $9 million budget.
Nadine Franklin (Hailee Steinfeld) hurries to her high school history classroom during lunch recess. She confides to her history teacher Mr. Bruner (Woody Harrelson) that she plans to kill herself. Her threats and his responses illustrate their uniquely wry relationship. Nadine narrates as a series of flashes back to prior events are depicted. At age 7, differences between young Nadine (Lina Renna) and her older brother young Darian (Christian Michael Cooper) are already obvious. Nadine has a tempestuous relationship with her overly dramatic mother (Kyra Sedgwick), while Nadine's father (Eric Keenleyside) is her only ally. Nadine meets her first and only friend during recess, young Krista (Ava Grace Cooper). At age 13, Nadine continues to be buoyed by her relationships with Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) and her father, as tensions between Nadine and Darian continue. As a result of her father's death, Nadine's life for the next few years becomes, as she puts it, "complete shit." Up to the time Nadine is seventeen, Krista was the only "good part" of her life.
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