Take This Waltz (film)
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| Directed by | Sarah Polley |
| Produced by | Susan Cavan Sarah Polley |
| Written by | Sarah Polley |
| Starring |
Michelle Williams Seth Rogen Sarah Silverman Luke Kirby |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Luc Montpellier |
| Edited by | Christopher Donaldson |
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Mongrel Media (Canada) Alta Classics (Spain) Broadmedia Studios (Japan) Magnolia Pictures (US) |
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116 minutes |
| Country | Canada Spain Japan |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,239,692 |
Take This Waltz is a 2011 Canadian drama film. The film centres on Margot, a 28-year-old freelance writer who lives in a charming house on a leafy street in Toronto's Little Portugal neighbourhood, as she struggles with and examines her feelings for Lou, her husband of five years, while exploring a new relationship with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw driver who lives across the street.
The film was written, produced, and directed by Sarah Polley. The cast includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, and Luke Kirby.
Margot, a freelance writer, meets Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator, while on a business trip, and although they immediately share some chemistry, she reveals to him that she is married. However, it turns out that Daniel is living across the street from Margot and her husband Lou in Toronto. Although Lou and Margot appear happy together, it becomes clear that Margot is not completely satisfied with her marriage, possibly aggravated by encountering Daniel. As the film progresses Margot and Daniel interact more and more until she ultimately leaves her husband to be with him. Lou is saddened, yet understanding. The audience is then shown a montage of Margot's new life with Daniel, including several brief sex scenes, though it is clear that she begins to regret leaving her husband. Geraldine, Lou's sister and a recovering alcoholic, confronts Margot (while drunk) and tells her that she should have just accepted that life has gaps and that changing relationships was not the answer.
Pre-production, filming and post-production took place in 2010/2011 at locations in and around Toronto Ontario including at Pinewood Toronto Studios, Pearson International Airport, the Royal Cinema and in Louisbourg Nova Scotia. The film also served as Sarah Silverman's first time in which she appears on screen fully nude. During press interviews Silverman stated that she was "Very comfortable being nude on camera because it was not intended to be sexual at all, unlike men, women have no problem being naked in front of each other in a shower situation and can just carry on a normal conversation which is what Sarah Polley the film's director was trying to convey."
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