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STATE COLLEGE -- The State Theatre will be screening the film "Maudie" on Monday, Sept. 21 at 3 and 7 p.m. as part of their Monday Movie Series.
"Maudie", based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper.
Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, to create art.
Unexpectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love.
"Maudie" charts Everett's efforts to protect himself from being hurt, Maudie's deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising rise to fame as a folk painter.
The film is rated PG-13 and and an hour and 55 minutes long.
Tickets cost $7 for adults and $4 for students plus a $1.50 fee. They can be purchased on the theatre's website, www.thestatetheatre.org or by calling 814-272-0606.