Away from Her (2007)

PG-1305/04/2007Drama, Romance1h 50m
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It's never too late to become what you might have been.

Overview

Fiona 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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gordon Pinsent

    Grant

  2. Cast 1

    Julie Christie

    Fiona

  3. Cast 1

    Michael Murphy

    Aubrey

  4. Cast 1

    Olympia Dukakis

    Marian

  5. Kristen Thomson

    Kristy

  6. Cast 1

    Wendy Crewson

    Madeleine

  7. Cast 1

    Alberta Watson

    Dr. Fischer

  8. Cast 1

    Thomas Hauff

    William Hart

  9. Cast 1

    Deanna Dezmari

    Veronica

I think “Fiona” (Julie Christie) knows the writing is on the wall when she goes to top up some glasses for her dinner guests and she can’t recall what’s in the bottle. Husband “Grant” (Gordon Pinsent) is dreading what has to come next as they both realise she needs professional care rather than stay in their beautiful but impractical wintery home. One of the more onerous conditions of her residency is that for the first month she can’t receive visitors and though she is a bit more stoic about that, he is struggling after 45 years of marriage to come to terms with that. Muddle through he does, ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$3,000,000.00

Revenue $9,194,283.00

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