Mister Foe
In this fiercely original comedy, teenage oddball Hallam leaves an isolated, semi-feral life on his wealthy father’s country estate for Edinburgh. There he is drawn into a romantic entanglement with a beautiful young woman who resembles his mother. From the director of Young Adam with a breakthrough performance by Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot).
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Cast & Crew
Director: David Mackenzie
Producer: Gillian Berrie
Editor: Colin Monie
Screenwriter: David Mackenzie
Ed Whitmore
based on the novel by Peter Jinks
Cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens
Awards: Berlin International Film Festival 2007 (Best Music)
Music: David Mackenzie
Principal Cast: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciarán Hinds, Jamie Sives, Maurice Roëves, Ewen Bremner, Claire Forlani
Filmography: Asylum (2005); Young Adam (2003); The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
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A year of Hallam Foe, May 31, 2008
By Kathryn Van Buren
“I spent the last year waiting and waiting to see this film. I heard a Franz Ferdinand song called Dandelion Blow that was written for Hallam Foe when it was still in production. It showed in the Berlin film festival and came out in Europe in August 2007. I called video stores but no one ever knew”
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