HALLAM FOE, which will open this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival on the 15th of August, features JAMIE BELL in his first starring role in a UK film since BILLY ELLIOT and co-stars SOPHIA MYLES (“TRISTEN + ISOLDE”, “THUNDERBIRDS”), CLAIRE FORLANI (“MEET JOE BLACK”) and CIARÁN HINDS (“MUNICH”). Hallam's talent for observing people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
This is director DAVID MACKENZIE'S fourth feature film, following the erotic thriller “ASYLUM” for which its star, NATASHA RICHARDSON, won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress; “YOUNG ADAM”, starring EWAN MCGREGOR, EMILY MORTIMER and TILDA SWINTON which won a host of awards including four Scottish BAFTAs; and the tense thriller “THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS”. HALLAM FOE is produced by GILLIAN BERRIE, written by ED WHITMORE and DAVID MACKENZIE, based on the novel by PETER JINKS, and executive produced by MATTHEW JUSTICE. It was filmed on location in Edinburgh and Peeblesshire and in studios in Glasgow.
