7.1
Desert Hearts
1985
“It's never too late to become what you might have been.”
Away from Her (2007)
May 4, 20071h 50mEN
7.0
237 votes
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.
Director
Sarah PolleyWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3.0M
Revenue
$9.2M
Production Companies
Foundry FilmsCapri ReleasingHanWay FilmsEcho Lake EntertainmentCorus EntertainmentPulling Focus Pictures
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CinemaSerf
7.0I think “Fiona” (Julie Christie) knows the writing is on the wall when she goes to top up some glasses for her dinner guests and she can’t recall what’s in the bottle. Husband “Grant” (Gordon Pinsent) is dreading what has to come next as they both realise she needs professional care rather than stay in their beautiful but impractical wintery home. One of the more onerous conditions of her residency is that for the first month she can’t receive visitors and though she is a bit more stoic about that, he is struggling after 45 years of marriage to come to terms with that. Muddle through he does,…
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