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My Name is Emily

Genre
Drama
Running Time
94 Minutes
Released
17 February, 2017
My Name is Emily

My Name is Emily is a 2015 Irish independent drama film written and directed by Simon Fitzmaurice in his only feature film credit; on 26 October 2017, he died after an ongoing battle with motor neurone disease. The film stars Evanna Lynch, Michael Smiley and newcomer George Webster. 16-year-old Emily runs away from her foster home, trying to free her writer father from a mental institution after not receiving a card for her birthday. The film follows Emily and Arden as they travel across Ireland in a coming of age tale/road movie. My Name is Emily premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on 7 July 2015, and had a limited theatrical release in Ireland on 8 April 2016. It was released in the U.S. on 17 February 2017 in select areas. At Galway Film Fleadh producer Kathryn Kennedy won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award, and Seamus Deasy received the prize for Best Cinematography.

Director Simon Fitzmaurice
Produced by Lesley McKimm, Kathryn Kennedy
Writer(s) Simon Fitzmaurice
Starring Evanna Lynch, George Webster, Michael Smiley
Music Stephen McKeon
Cinematography Seamus Deasy
Edited by Emer Reynolds
Distributed by Orion Pictures, Monument Releasing, Eclipse Pictures
Released July 7, 2015 (Galway), April 08, 2016 (Ireland)
Running time 94 minutes
Country Ireland
Language English

Informazioni su My Name is Emily

Emily runs away from her foster home at the age of 16 with the help from her new friend Arden in hopes to break her father out of a psychiatric institution.

Realizzazione di My Name is Emily

The movie was written and directed by Simon Fitzmaurice. It was his lone feature film credit following an ongoing battle with motor neuron disease.

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