Fiona and her long-term husband Grant live a cocooned life in a country house in Canada, but the onset of Fiona’s Alzheimer’s threatens to disrupt their idyll. As her condition deteriorates, Fiona fears becoming a burden to Grant and convinces him to check her into a care home. Grant is not allowed to visit her for the first 30 days, and when he finally does he finds that Fiona has come to barely recognise him and has formed an emotional attachment to another patient, a deaf-mute man called Aubrey…, After his wife is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a man reluctantly sends her to a nursing home, where she turns her affections to another patient. Oscar-winner Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent star in this beautifully acted and moving love story. Directed by Sarah Polley., Filmmaker Atom Egoyan — a longtime onscreen collaborator with the gifted young actress Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter) — executive-produced Polley’s directorial debut, Away from Her, starring Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, and Wendy Crewson. Adapted by Polley from a short story by Alice Munro, this small-scaled two-character drama concerns Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Christie), a long-married couple, well into their golden years, who are much in love and connected to one another on every level. “Soul mates” in the purest sense of the term, the two feel a sense of ease and tranquility in their rural home. But when Fiona’s memory begins to slip away and she insists on being taken to a rest home, the decision stirs up torrents of guilt and regret in Grant’s heart. The rules of the center only complicate matters, as they forbid visitation and communication with Fiona for an interminable period of time. He determines to support his wife at all costs, even if must happen at the expense of his own peace of mind., Oscar-nominated emotional drama about a man who reassesses his life when his wife, institutionalised with Alzheimer’s, transfers her affections for him on to another man in her nursing home., After 40 years of marriage, a couple are separated when the wife develops Alzheimer’s. Can their love survive this terrible test?
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Away From Her ” ?
A: The main cast includes Julie Christie,Gordon Pinsent,Olympia Dukakis,Michael Murphy,Wendy Crewson,Kristen Thomson,Alberta Watson,Deanna Dezmari,Carolyn Heatherington,Melanie Merkosky,Stacey LaBerge,Thomas Hauff,Clare Coulter,Lili Francks,Grace Lynn Kung,Janet van de Graaf,Andrew Moodie,Tom Harvey,Judy Sinclair,Jessica Booker,Catherine Fitch,Ron Hewat,Vanessa Vaughan,Nina Dobrev,Jason Knight,Martin Lee,Debra Hanson,Victoria Hirst,Sarah Polley,Lou Solakofski,Kirk Lynds,Atom Egoyan,Catherine Viot,Kathleen Climie,Alice Munro,John Buchan,Luc Montpellier,Doug Mankoff,Jane Tattersall,David Wharnsby.
Q: When Did the “Away From Her” Released?
A: The movie “Away From Her” originally aired on 2007-05-04 and released in the year of 2006.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Away From Her” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
