The Stone Angel (film)

Infobox film
name = The Stone Angel


caption = Stone Angel Poster
director = Kari Skogland
starring = Ellen Burstyn
producer = Kari Skogland Elizabeth Jarvis Phyllis Lang
writer = Kari Skogland Margaret Laurence (novel)
distributor = Alliance Films
imdb_id = 0847897
released = flagicon|CAN 12 September 2007 (Toronto Film Festival)

"The Stone Angel" is a 2007 Canadian film, made by Kari Skogland. The film is based on Margaret Laurence's 1964 novel "The Stone Angel". It stars Ellen Burstyn in the lead role of Hagar. The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot/synopsis

The nonagenarian Hagar Shipley escapes when her son Marvin and her daughter-in-law Doris tell her she must move into nursing care. She sets out on a journey to reconcile herself with her past. She begins to remember key moments in her life, including ones with her husband Bram, and we experience with her her defining moments and hidden passions. While hiding in a ruined home, she meets Leo, who causes her to come face-to-face with the one secret she feels that she must take to the grave, her role in her youngest son's death. As Hagar can no longer repress her emotions, she starts to recognize her feelings that she thought she would never have, and eventually finds closure with her son.

Filming locations

The movie was filmed across Manitoba including Winnipeg, Hartney, Balmoral, Otterbourne, Landmark, and around Lake Winnipeg. The movie did not film in Neepawa, which inspired the novel's setting, because it was too far from Winnipeg and did not have enough period-looking buildings. [Winnipeg Free Press. A story close to our hearts by Carol Sanders. May 8, 2008. Available at http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/local/story/4170676p-4758743c.html]

Principal cast

* Ellen Burstyn as Hagar Shipley
* Christine Horne as Young Hagar
* Kevin Zegers as John
* Ellen Page as Arlene
* Dylan Baker as Marvin
* Sheila McCarthy as Doris
* Cole Hauser as Young Bram
* Wings Hauser as Older Bram
* Aaron Ashmore as Matt
* Luke Kirby as Leo
* Josette Halpert as young Arlene

References

External links

* [http://www.alliancefilms.com/en/89/details/display/11360/ The Stone Angel Trailer] - Movie trailer.
*imdb title|id=0847897|title=The Stone Angel
* [http://www.tiffreviews.com/2007/film-profile?fid=61 Profile at tiffreviews.com]
* [http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?id=707170923201372 Program note from the Toronto International Film Festival]