Movie: "Hallam Foe"

Release Date: Feb 2007 Genres: Romance / Drama Awards: 8 wins & 11 nominations Runtime: 95 min Cast: Jamie Bell (Hallam), Ruth Milne (Jenny (as Ruthie Milne)) John Paul Lawler (Carl) Claire Forlani (Verity) Lucy Holt (Lucy) Ciarán Hinds (Julius) Malcolm Shields (Kilt Man) John Comerford (Grumpy Glaswegian) Gerry Cleary (Grumpy Glaswegian) Paul Blair (Raincoat Man) Neil McKinven (Police Officer) Sophia Myles (Kate) Jamie Sives (Alasdair) Maurice Roëves (Raymond (as Maurice Roeves)) Stuart Hepburn (Police Inspector)

Storyline

The seventeen year-old Hallam Foe is a weird teenager that misses his mother, who committed suicide, drowning in a lake nearby their house in Edinburgh after an overdose of sleeping pills. Hallam spends his spare time peeping at the locals and blames his stepmother Verity Foe, accusing her of killing his mother. After a discussion with his father Julius Foe, Hallam sneaks out from his house and travels to Edinburgh, where he sees Kate Breck and becomes obsessed with her because of her resemblance to his mother. Kate hires Hallam to work in the kitchen of the hotel where she works and they have a strange romance, while Hallam reaches his maturity the hardest way.