| Friend or Foe? |
| Words: Curio | |
| Wednesday, 15 August 2007 | |
Hallam Foe, the long-awaited opener of the Film Festival, hits the big screen today. Will it be a hit?
 Over 2000 guests will attend the opening of the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival this evening. The film Hallam Foe will be screened for the first time. The red carpet premiere, being held at Cineworld in Fountainbridge, will be attended by a glittering array of famous faces, including the film’s cast, pop-band Franz Ferdinand, and Alex Salmond, first minister for Scotland. Hallam Foe, directed by David Mackenzie, is adapted from the novel from Peter Jinks of the same title. It is a darkly funny, bittersweet coming of age story about a 17-year-old who likes to watch the world from a tree house in the grounds of his father's house in the Scottish Borders. The film features Jamie Bell in his first starring role in a UK film since Billy Elliot and co-stars Sophia Myles ("Tristan + Isolde", "Thunderbirds"), Claire Forlani ("Meet Joe Black") and Ciarán Hinds ("Munich"). A spokesperson from the EIFF says: “It is a magical story of redemptive love, loss and life on the rooftops of Edinburgh. Young Hallam is almost over the sudden death of his mother when he begins to suspect that his beautiful step-mother may have had a hand in her death. Fleeing his family for Edinburgh, he lives on the rooftops of the Capital, where his new-found obsession with voyeurism takes a dangerous turn as he falls in love with a girl who happens to look just like his mother.” The film features a musical soundtrack that includes songs from Franz Ferdinand. Hallam Foe will be released nationwide on 31st August. [end] |