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AWAY FROM HER

Director:

  Sarah Polley
  

Year Released:

  2006

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Julie Christie
  Wendy Crewson
  Olympia Dukakis
  Gordon Pinsent
  Kristen Thomson
Movie Haiku:Christie fights against & ultimately succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease. She’s luminous but the film really belongs to Pinsent playing her memory-wracked husband. Once she’s admitted to a residence, Crewson & Thomson come into their own as experienced care-givers, & Dukakis is perfect as the rueful wife of another patient.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2007