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Away from Her
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.
2007 · Directed by Sarah Polley · 110 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
It's never too late to become what you might have been.
Crew
- Written by: Sarah Polley
- Cinematography: Luc Montpellier
- Edited by: David Wharnsby
- Music: Jonathan Goldsmith
- Production design: Kathleen Climie
- Produced by: Simone Urdl, Daniel Iron, Jennifer Weiss
Cast
- Gordon Pinsent as Grant
- Julie Christie as Fiona
- Michael Murphy as Aubrey
- Olympia Dukakis as Marian
- Kristen Thomson as Kristy
- Wendy Crewson as Madeleine
- Alberta Watson as Dr. Fischer
- Thomas Hauff as William Hart
- Deanna Dezmari as Veronica
- Nina Dobrev as Monica
Production
- Country: Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Foundry Films, Capri Releasing, HanWay Films, Echo Lake Entertainment
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $9,194,283
- Themes: canada, love of one's life, nurse, forgiveness, professor, marriage, past, alzheimer's disease, nursing home, elderly
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