2006 · drama · romance
Away from Her
Directed by Sarah Polley1h 50m2006
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.
Our read: Away from Her (2006) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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