Hallam Foe

Hallam Foe, also known as a Mister Foe, is drama film directed by a Scottish film director David Mackenzie. He is also one of the writers with Ed Whitmore and Peter Jinks, who wrote the novel which the movie is based. Hallam Foe was released in 2007 and won the Silver Bear for Best Music in Berlin Film festival. Leading actors of a film are Ciarán Hinds, Claire Forlani, Jamie Bell, Jamie Sives, Lucy Holt, Sophia Myles.

Hallam Foe is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Hallam. Hallam is pretty creepy boy who is lost with himself and have some kind of mental disorder. Hallam spends his days and nights by sitting in his tree house and sneaking in peoples yards to stalk them and then writes about his notices in his little diaries. Hallam escapes reality in his own fantasy worlds because he is distraught about his mothers death which happened two years ago. Hallam blames his new stepmother Verity about his biological mothers death and does everything to make his dad realize it too. Verity manages to blackmail Hallam and he leaves his familiar tree house and moves in to Edinburgh. In Edinburgh Hallam sees a woman who looks just like his mom and his already confused mind gets mixed again. Hallam follows her secretly and finds out that her name is Kate and she works in a hotel. Hallam manages to get a job as a dishwasher in the same hotel. Hallam also knows where Kate lives and starts to stalk her through the skyline. Hallam makes his home into clock tower because of its vantage point in to Kate’s home. In Hallam´s 18th birthday starts his and Kate´s weird and confusing relationship. The end of the movie was pretty odd but it worked well.

Hallam Foe is actually very beautiful and touching story in all it´s creepiness. Jamie Bell does excellent work as a Hallam. In the end of the movie it´s watcher does not know what to think about Hallam, sometimes he is just a sympathetic boy who is  lost and all you want to do is to hug him, and in the next episode he is terrible, kinky stalker. Hallam Foe is kind of artistic movie, and I think that in someones opinion nothing really happens in the movie. Qualifications of the movie are it´s simple visual execution and strong characters. I like the way how characters relationships are showed, not too much, leaving something to guess and think about. Hallam Foe is carefully balanced between the derangement and the beauty.