Away from Her
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian film which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The featurelength directorial debut of Canadian actress Sarah Polley, the film is based on Alice Munros short story The Bear Came Over the Mountain, from the 2001 collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. It was executive produced by Atom Egoyan Polleys director in both Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter and distributed by Lionsgate.
Grant Pinsent and Fiona Christie are a retired married couple living in rural Brant County, Ontario. Fiona begins to lose her memory, and it becomes apparent she suffers from Alzheimers disease. Throughout the film, Grants reflections on his marriage are woven with his reflections on his own infidelities, and influence his eventual decisions regarding Fionas happiness.When she feels she is becoming a risk to herself, Fiona decides to check into a nursing home, where one of the rules is that a patient cannot have any visitors for the firstdays, in order to adjust. Wary of this policy, Grant agrees anyway, at the insistence of his wife whom he loves. During the drive to the home, Fiona acknowledges Grants past infidelity while he was a university professor. Despite the awkward situation, the couple makes love one last time before separating. ........
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