Dir. Aisling Walsh · Starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose, Billy MacLellan, Zachary Bennett, Kari Matchett · Music Michael Timmins
“Triumph epitomizes adversity”
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Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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This film offers a deeply poignant and tender exploration of an artist's spirit. It's a slow-burn, intimate character study, rich with naturalistic beauty and the quiet resilience of an unconventional love. A melancholic yet hopeful journey through hardship and creative triumph.
poignantresilienttendermelancholichopefulslow-burnnaturalistic dramabiographical portraitintimate character studyrustic aestheticartistic expressionunconventional loveovercoming adversityhuman connectionindependence
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