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Away From Her

Away from Her
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Theatrical release poster
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
Production
company
Capri Releasing
Echo Lake Productions
Foundry Films
Hanway Films
The Film Farm
Distributed by Capri Releasing
Pulling Focus Pictures
Lionsgate Films (US)
Release date
  • September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) (Toronto)
  • May 4, 2007 (2007-05-04) (Canada)
Running time
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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