Strange encounters at the Cliff Edge Hotel where death is never far away.

“It is a brooding, atmospheric drama with themes and ideas that intersect revealingly with the rest of Morley’s films.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Morley’s dreamlike visual style is mesmerising, drawing us into the situations as she continually hints at something dark and rather frightening.” – Contactmusic.com

“In tone it resembles JB Priestley’s time plays and those films where people find themselves in a halfway house on the way to the hereafter.” – Philip French, The Observer

“She [Morley] probes deeper than most filmmakers manage, constructing powerful human fables that transcend the boundaries of formic expectation. Edge is a film of pained beauty.” – Ronan Doyle, Next Projection

“Morley’s affection for her damaged characters makes this film a quiet pleasure.” – Val Phoenix, The Quietus

A washed-up pop star arrives at the Cliff Edge Hotel looking for inspiration and meets a guilt-ridden woman, who is desperate to recover her past. An older woman checks into a room with dark intent, but encounters a chambermaid who refuses to leave her alone. A blind date set up on the Internet between two teenagers fails to turn out like either of them expected. Over the course of two days and one night the hotel guests, frozen into the snowy landscape, begin to thaw – and to find a purpose that connects them all.

Credits
Written and Directed by Carol Morley
Produced by Cairo Cannon
Executive Producer Tyrone Walker-Hebborn
Film Editor Fiona DeSouza
Director of Photography Mary Farbrother
Music and Songs by Edward Ball
Additional Songs by Alice Temple
Additional Music by Ivor Talbot
Hair and Make Up Designer Monica Macdonald
Production Designer Chris Richmond

With Maxine Peake, Paul Hilton, Joe Dempsie, Nichola Burley, Marjorie Yates, Ania Wendzikowska, Keeley Forsyth and Julie T Wallace

DVD
You can purchase Edge from Dogwoof or Amazon
The DVD special features include Behind the Scenes and the Producers in conversation

Links
Official film site
Buy the DVD
Watch on Dogwoof TV
Download on iTunes

Selected Screenings
BFI London Film Festival, UK
Shanghai International Film Festival, China
Made in Britain Season, 2012, BFI, UK

Running time: 93 minutes, Format: DCP, Year: 2010