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The Edge of Seventeen

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The Edge of Seventeen is a coming-of-age comedy written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. The first-time feature filmmaker had her film chosen to be the closing night selection at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, and Hayden Szeto.

Nadine (Steinfeld) and Krista (Richardson) are inseparable best friends attempting to navigate high school together… until Nadine’s older brother Darian (Jenner) and Krista begin dating. With her view of the world rocked, Nadine is forced to see the people in her life – including her well-meaning but distracted mother (Sedgwick), and unlikely mentor and History teacher Mr. Bruner (Harrelson) – with fresh eyes and new appreciation that people—and life—are more complicated than she thought.

“I’ve always been intrigued by periods of rapid emotional growth and self-examination, when situations change around us, forcing us to step into new roles and re-determine who we are and how we feel about ourselves,” explains Craig. “I started this project in an effort to try to capture this particular age and generation as truthfully as I could and with a respect for the complexity and messiness of it all. Passing from youth to adulthood is intense and terrifying and beautiful, and in many ways the experience of anyone, any age, shedding their old self and becoming new. I wanted to explore that.”

The Edge of Seventeen is rated 14A.