Claire Foy opened up about her career at Zurich Film Festival .

The British actor, in town also to pick up the Golden Eye Award, presented her latest feature “ H Is for Hawk ,” fresh off screenings at Telluride.

In the film, her character Helen unexpectedly loses her father (Brendan Gleeson). To cope with his death, she takes in a hawk: Mabel. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, it’s based on Helen MacDonald’s memoir. Variety ’s Peter Debruge called it an “unconventional yet moving grief drama.”

“I had a strong, visceral reaction when I read it,” she said, discussing her character and her way of grieving.

“It was there for everybody to see. People still weren’t brave to say: ‘What do you need?’ It’s also a real story of friendship and not abandoning people when they are being very

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