Maudie (12A) at Ely Cinema
A delightful, beautifully realised biopic of Canadian artist Maud Lewis. Impoverished and disabled with chronic arthritis.
Director: Aisling Walsh Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett
A delightful, beautifully realised biopic of Canadian artist Maud Lewis. Impoverished and disabled with chronic arthritis, Nova Scotia watercolourist Maud (Hawkins) becomes a housekeeper for Everett (Hawke), a gruff fishmonger whose home is a tiny, one-room shack. Despite Everett’s surly selfishness, Maud finds him attractive and inspiring, and their relationship becomes infused with a strange tendresse. With echoes of her role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Hawkins brings a perky optimism to her character.
Contains infrequent moderate violence, sex.
★★★★★ Empire magazine