Synopsis
The true story of folk artist Maud Lewis and the unlikely romance between Maud and a hardened reclusive bachelor, Everett Lewis. Maud, a bright-eyed, intelligent woman, hunched with crippled hands from arthritis, yearns to be independent and to live away from her overly protective family. She escapes her solitary existence in her aunt’s home through her art, dreaming away the days, until in her early 30s she finds, and answers, an advertisement for a housekeeper. Everett is a 40 year old bachelor who owes nothing to anyone. Tall, skinny and shabby, abandoned by his parents at a very young age, he has nevertheless managed to become a proud and self-sufficient man, largely by collecting scraps and peddling fish. He lives in a 10x12 foot house that has neither running water nor electricity, but at least it’s all his. He is his own boss and has everything he needs, except maybe a woman to clean the house and cook his meals.
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Movie Details
South Korea Releases: | May 20th, 2017 (Wide) April 18th, 2024 (Limited) |
Video Release: | October 10th, 2017 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for some thematic content and brief sexuality. (Rating bulletin 2461 (Cert #50891), 2/1/2017) |
Running Time: | 117 minutes |
Keywords: | Set in Canada, Artists, Orphanage, Dysfunctional Family, 1930s, Adopted Family Seeking Reunion, Set in Nova Scotia, Life in a Small Town, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Terminal Illness, Biography, Biographical Drama |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Parallel Films, Rink Rat, Mongrel Media, Telefilm Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development , Ontario Media Development Corporation, Harold Greenberg Fund, Irish Film Board, Corner Piece Capital LLC, Citadel Canadian Films, Screen Door |
Production Countries: | Canada, Ireland |
Languages: | English |