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    Away From Her

    PG-132007 · Drama · 1h 49m

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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
  4. 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.

  5. 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
  6. Jun 20, 2019 · Summary: The film addresses a timely subject matter: the onset of Alzheimers 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

  7. May 4, 2007 · An accomplished directorial debut by Sarah Polley, Away From Her is a touching exploration of the effects of Alzheimer's, in which the tender wisdom of Polley's script is beautifully...

    • (144)
    • Drama
    • PG-13
  8. The film presents the situation from the perspective of a husband as he must cope with being left behind by a beloved wife whose fragmenting memory diminishes his importance in her life. He lives with a measure of guilt - he was not always faithful to her during their marriage - and wonders whether her distance now is in some way a punishment ...

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