Maudie (2016)

This gem of an independent film tells the story of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (née Dowley). Set in a rural community of Nova Scotia in the middle decades of the twentieth century, the story traces the meeting and marriage of Ms. Dowley to Everett Lewis, a local fish peddler. Despite birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis, and a life spent in poverty, Maud rose to national prominence as an artist.

***⅛ (out of *****)

©2019 David R. George III

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2016 • 1 HOUR, 55 MINUTES
PAINTED HOUSE FILMS • SMALL SHACK PRODUCTIONS • PARALLEL FILMS • H IS 4 PRODUCTIONS

STARRING
• SALLY HAWKINS, ETHAN HAWKE

ALSO STARRING
• KARI MATCHETT, GABRIELLE ROSE, ZACHARY BENNETT, BILLY MACLELLAN

WRITTEN BY
• SHERRY WHITE

DIRECTED BY
• AISLING WALSH

NO 2016 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS