Away from Her
Directed by: Sarah Polley
Mongrel
Sarah Polley’s lovely directorial debut is a movie made up of quiet moments—like Grant’s (Gordon Pinsent) embarrassed zipping of his fly at the Alzheimer’s hospital, after he makes love with ailing wife Fiona (Julie Christie) for the last time. The film takes a warts-and-all approach to the couple’s marriage, portraying the dull ache Grant feels at being forgotten without sentimentalizing the memories being lost.
Lindsay McCarney
Categories: Best of the year (2007)
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
