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Away from Her
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Away from Her is a Canadian drama film directed and written by Sarah Polley. The movie features Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, and Kristen Thomson in the cast. It was filmed in Hamilton and set in a psychiatric hospital. The film is presented in English and has a runtime of 110 minutes. It was released in 2006 and 2007.
The production involved companies including Foundry Films, Capri Releasing, HanWay Films, Echo Lake Entertainment, and Corus Entertainment. Distribution was handled by Netflix and Fandango at Home via video on demand. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and another for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It also won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture.
Critical assessments include a 94% rating, an 8.1 out of 10 score, an 88 out of 100 Metascore, and a 7.5 out of 10 IMDb rating. The film holds a PG-13 rating. Financial details list a budget of 3,000,000 and revenue of 9,194,283. Keywords associated with the work include love of one's life, nurse, forgiveness, and professor.
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Film · TMDB
7.0Fiona 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.
Cast
- Gordon Pinsent as Grant
- Julie Christie as Fiona
- Michael Murphy as Aubrey
- Olympia Dukakis as Marian
- Kristen Thomson as Kristy
- Wendy Crewson as Madeleine
Themes
- canada
- love of one's life
- nurse
- forgiveness
- professor
- marriage
- past
- alzheimer's disease
- nursing home
- elderly
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
23,431 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
88/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 62 wins & 43 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sarah Polley
- Screenwriter
- Sarah Polley
- Cast member
- Clare Coulter
- Filming location
- Hamilton
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 521138
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.caprifilms.com/awayfromher
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- publication date
- 2007-12-06
- title
- Away from Her
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- set in environment
- psychiatric hospital
- review score
- 7.5/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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