Away From Her
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| Directed by | Sarah Polley |
| Produced by |
Daniel Iron Simone Urdl Jennifer Weiss |
| Screenplay by | Sarah Polley |
| Based on |
The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro |
| Starring |
Julie Christie Gordon Pinsent Olympia Dukakis Michael Murphy Kristen Thomson Wendy Crewson |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Luc Montpellier |
| Edited by | David Wharnsby |
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Production
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Capri Releasing
Echo Lake Productions Foundry Films Hanway Films The Film Farm |
| Distributed by | Capri Releasing Pulling Focus Pictures Lionsgate Films (US) |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $9,194,283 |
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie and Olympia Dukakis. The feature-length directorial debut of Polley, the film is based on Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain", from the 2001 collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. It was executive produced by Atom Egoyan (Polley's director in both Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter) and distributed by Lionsgate. It debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
The story centers on a couple whose marriage is tested when Christie's character begins to suffer from Alzheimer's and moves into a nursing home, where she loses virtually all memory of her husband and begins to develop a close relationship with another nursing home resident. The cast also includes Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, Lili Francks and Kristen Thomson.
The film was shot primarily in Hamilton, with some location shooting in Brant, Kitchener, and Paris, Ontario.
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