Julie Christie
Fiona
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Oct 11, 2007 · Sarah Polley, whose “Away From Her” is a heartbreaking masterpiece, has the courage to simply observe the devastation of the disease. Alzheimer’s is usually like that. There are few great love stories replayed in the closing days, few books written, few flashbacks as enjoyable for the victims as they are for us.
Synopsis. Grant (Pinsent) and Fiona (Christie) are a retired married couple living in rural Brant County, Ontario. Fiona begins to lose her memory, and it becomes apparent she suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, and Kristen Thomson are featured in supporting roles.
- $9.1 million
Jun 20, 2019 · Summary: The film addresses a timely subject matter: the onset of Alzheimer’s disease – increasingly prevalent in an ageing North American population – and its impact on the personal life of a married couple. Fiona and Grant face the gradual unravelling of their life together when her memory begins to fail. She gets lost near
May 25, 2007 · With Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis. A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
- (23K)
- Drama
- Sarah Polley
- 2007-05-25
May 4, 2007 · Rated: 3.5/4 • Jul 6, 2019. Long married, Fiona (Julie Christie) and Grant (Gordon Pinsent) find their mutual devotion tested by her struggle with Alzheimer's disease. When it becomes apparent ...
Apr 18, 2007 · On one level “Away From Her” is a movie about Alzheimer’s. Ms. Christie’s Fiona is a beautiful woman in her early 60s who is gradually consumed by the disease, as her longtime husband,...
