The Stone Angel (film)
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| Directed by | Kari Skogland |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Jarvis Phyllis Lang Kari Skogland |
| Written by | Kari Skogland Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence |
| Starring |
Ellen Burstyn Christine Horne Cole Hauser Dylan Baker Kevin Zegers Ellen Page |
| Music by | John McCarthy |
| Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Edited by | Jim Munro |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $473,993 |
The Stone Angel is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same title by Margaret Laurence.
The film spans several decades in the unconventional life of feisty nonagenarian Hagar Shipley, who sets off on a journey to reconcile herself with her past when she discovers her son Marvin and daughter-in-law Doris are moving her into a nursing home. In a crumbling house she had lived in when she was first married, Hagar recalls her estrangement from her father, a wealthy Manitoba shopkeeper who disowned her when she married farmer Bram Shipley. Despite her defiance, she considered herself superior to her husband, and treated him callously as their relationship disintegrated and he became an alcoholic. Her younger son John, her favorite, eventually broke her heart by becoming involved with Arlene, a wild girl of whom she disapproved.
Now in hiding, Hagar meets Leo, who enables her to confront the one secret she feels she must take to her grave, namely the role she played in John's death. No longer able to repress her emotions, she realizes the bad decisions and misjudgments she made throughout her life were a result of her resolute stubbornness, and eventually she is able to find closure with Marvin.
The film was shot on location throughout Manitoba, including Winnipeg, Hartney, Landmark, and Lake Winnipeg.
The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and was shown at Cinefest Sudbury, the Calgary Film Festival, the Edmonton International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Possible Worlds Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Female Eye Film Festival, and the Method Fest Independent Film Festival before going into theatrical release in Canada on May 9, 2008 and in the United States on July 11, 2008.
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