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Away from Her

2007 · 110 min

A quiet, heartbreaking look at love and memory that asks for patience and rewards it with deep emotional resonance.

Directed by: Sarah Polley
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy

Tagline: It's never too late to become what you might have been.
Overview: Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

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Directed by: Sarah Polley
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
love
grief
betrayal
redemption
Places: countryside
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Sarah Polley
Written by: Sarah Polley
Starring: Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Olympia Dukakis, Kristen Thomson, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, Thomas Hauff
Music: Jonathan Goldsmith
Cinematography: Luc Montpellier
Runtime: 110 min
Country: Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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