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Evelyn (2018 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Evelyn' is a 2018 documentary directed by and starring Orlando von Einsiedel. The premise revolves around Orlando's own family dealing with the effects of a suicide committed 13 years earlier by Orlando's brother Evelyn, by taking a series of long walks visiting landscapes Evelyn liked to walk when he was still alive.
It was released Netflix on 10 September 2019.[https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80216928 Evelyn on Netflix]
Cast
* Evelyn Einsiedel, posthumously
* Orlando von Einsiedel
* Gwendolyn (Gwennie) Einsiedel[https://www.distractify.com/p/evelyn-netflix-how-did-he-die Cast]
* Robin (Robbie) Einiedel
* Harriet Einsiedel (aka 'Beta')[http://www.martinanthonyfletcher.com/confronting-suicide-telegraph-magazine Telegraph magazine]
* Andreas von Einsiedel
* Johanna Thornycroft
* Leon Oldstrong
* Jack Binney
Camerawork and music
For large parts of the film, the camerawork appears to require an operator walking backwards. In fact the cameraman, Franklin Dow, had created a special camera rig that sat on his back with a stabilising mechanism. A screen in front allowed him to watch what was happening as the family/cast members walked behind chatting.[http://www.martinanthonyfletcher.com/confronting-suicide-telegraph-magazine Telegraph article]
The musical score was mostly composed by Patrick Jonsson who had previously collaborated with von Einsiedel on Virunga and The White Helmets.[https://www.air-edel.co.uk/records/evelyn/ Sound track from 'Evelyn'] One song was contributed by Evelyn's sister Gwendolyn Einsiedel, a musician in her own right who remembers singing almost every day during the making of the film, though very little made it onto the final cut.
Release
'Evelyn' premiered at the 2018 London Film Festival. It screened on BBC Two on 18 May 2019[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005bpr BBC schedule 18 May 2019] and was released from 10 September 2019 on Netflix. Reviewers described the film as a 'raw, powerful look at a family trying to make sense of suicide'.[https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/netflix-evelyn-documentary-review/ Daily Dot review] It was chosen as Best Documentary in the British Independent Film Awards of 2018.[https://www.bifa.film/film/evelyn/ BIFA 2018]
Outreach
Some reviewers have suggested that the film might be powerful enough to save the lives of those considering suicide,[https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/male-suicide-statisticsGQ review] GQ pointing out that suicide is now the single biggest killer of young British men and suggesting that 'Evelyn' might help break the code of silence that tends to surround the subject. The film's website provides support links to help services including The Samaritans and Calm and reproduces a poem from 'The Smoke Jumper'[https://www.evelynmovie.com/poem Evelyn movie website] by Nicholas Evans, best known as author of 'The Horse Whisperer (novel)'.
See also
* Suicide in the United Kingdom
References
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