5/26/2023 0 Comments Jean hegland books“It was her passion for the book that made me trust her. Page has been the driving force behind the movie, Hegland said. After their parents’ death and as society begins to collapse around them, they run out of gas and power and are forced to re-examine their place in the world, on the land and with each other. Hegland’s science fiction drama is set in the near future and focuses on the relationship between two sisters who live alone in the Northern California forest. Now the upcoming movie premiere is “stirring up little pieces of magic.” While Hegland didn’t work on the screenplay, the Healdsburg author and SRJC adjunct English teacher said she is quietly excited about the fact that “the book had legs.” It has sold about 100,000 copies and has been translated into 11 languages, most recently French and South Korean translations. The movie stars Canadian actress Ellen Page, best known for her role in “Juno,” and Evan Rachel Wood, who played prominent roles in “Thirteen” and TV’s “True Blood.” Jean Hegland finished writing her novel “Into the Forest” in 1996 and went on to write two more.?Now, after nearly 20 years, it has been made into a movie that will be released by DAS Films in September at the Toronto Film Festival.
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