Away from Her (2006)

Regista:

Sarah Polley

Writers:

Sarah Polley (written by)
Alice Munro (short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain")

Data di uscita:

27 aprile 2007 (UK)

Genere:

Drama | Romance

Slogan:

It's never too late to become what you might have been

Plot:

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

Plot Keywords:

Lost | Marital Discord | Searching | Iceland | Caregiver

Premi:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 15 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Film of the Young Year

Cast

Gordon Pinsent	...	Grant Anderson
Stacey LaBerge	...	Young Fiona
Julie Christie	...	Fiona Anderson
Olympia Dukakis	...	Marian
Deanna Dezmari	...	Veronica
Clare Coulter	...	Phoebe Hart
Thomas Hauff	...	William Hart
Alberta Watson	...	Dr. Fischer
Grace Lynn Kung	...	Nurse Betty
Lili Francks	...	Theresa
Andrew Moodie	...	Liam
Wendy Crewson	...	Madeleine Montpellier
Judy Sinclair	...	Mrs. Albright
Tom Harvey	...	Michael
Carolyn Hetherington	...	Eliza
Melanie Merkosky	...	Singing Nurse
Kristen Thomson	...	Kristy
Jessica Booker	...	Mrs. Jenkins
Janet van de Graaf	...	Rebecca Albright
Michael Murphy	...	Aubrey
Vanessa Vaughan	...	Stella
Catherine Fitch	...	Receptionist
Ron Hewat	...	Frank
Jason Knight	...	Young Grant
Nina Dobrev	...	Monica
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Nancy E.L. Ward	...	Caregiver (uncredited)

Regia di
Sarah Polley

Scritto da
Sarah Polley		(written by)
Alice Munro		(short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain")

Prodotto da
Atom Egoyan	....	executive producer
Victoria Hirst	....	co-producer
Daniel Iron	....	producer
Doug Mankoff	....	executive producer
Simone Urdl	....	producer
Jennifer Weiss	....	producer

Musiche originali di
Jonathan Goldsmith

Fotografia di
Luc Montpellier		(director of photography)

Montaggio di
David Wharnsby

Responsabile casting
John Buchan

Scenografie di
Kathleen Climie

Architetto-scenografo
Benno Tutter

Arredatore
Mary Kirkland

Costumi di
Debra Hanson

Trucco
Réjean Goderre	....	key hair stylist (as Rejean Goderre)
Zinka Shankland	....	hair stylist
Micheline Trépanier	....	key makeup artist (as Micheline Trepanier)
Catherine Viot	....	makeup artist

Direttore di produzione
Ted Miller	....	production manager
Rachel Sutherland	....	post-production supervisor

Aiuto regista
Ben Marrello	....	third assistant director
Barbara McCullam	....	daily third assistant director
Alan McKenna	....	second assistant director
Daniel J. Murphy	....	first assistant director (as Daniel Murphy)
Chris Trebilcock	....	trainee assistant director
Fatima Palhetas	....	daily assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Richard Armstrong	....	on-set dresser
Shawn Cantelon	....	set dresser
Rae Crombie	....	property master
Robert Dyer	....	carpenter
Hans Engel	....	carpenter
Rojuano Espiritu	....	set dresser
Matthew Fernandes	....	art department trainee
David Fuller	....	key scenic painter
Brian Jones	....	construction manager
Emmanouil Kourtikakis	....	carpenter
Kent McIntyre	....	set decoration buyer
Jonathan McKenzie	....	head carpenter
Ryan Sammut	....	carpenter
Eric Summerley	....	carpenter
Serge Tsukanov	....	lead set dresser (as Sergey Tsukanov)
Aleksandar Vojvodic	....	set dresser
Cindy Yetman	....	assistant property master
Frank Croft	....	painter (uncredited)

Sonoro
Kathy Choi	....	sound editor
Sue Conley	....	dialogue editor
Erik Culp	....	foley recordist
John Dykstra	....	foley recordist
John Elliot	....	assistant foley artist
Barry Gilmore	....	dialogue editor
Steve Hammond	....	foley artist
Ronayne Higginson	....	adr editor
Janice Ierulli	....	dialogue editor
Martin Lee	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mandy Ley	....	assistant sound mixer
Kirk Lynds	....	sound re-recording mixer
David McCallum	....	supervising dialogue editor
Chris McLeod	....	assistant adr recordist
Bill McMillan	....	sound recordist
Joe Morrow	....	second assistant sound editor
John Naslen	....	adr recordist
David Rose	....	sound effects editor (as Dave Rose)
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Stark	....	boom operator
Paul Talbott	....	assistant adr recordist
Jane Tattersall	....	sound designer
Marilee Yorston	....	foley assistant

Effetti speciali
Mark Ahee	....	special effects technician
Michael Gagnon	....	special effects coordinator (as Michel Gagnon)
Geoff Hill	....	special effects technician
Kirk Middleton	....	special effects technician
Jasmine Gorett Vala	....	special effects technician (as Gorett Vala)

Visual Effects
Derek Bonin	....	digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services
Christie Friesen	....	visual effects project coordinator: audio, Technicolor Creative Services
Doug Kilgore	....	visual effects project coordinator: video, Technicolor Creative Services
Sam Komaromi	....	visual effects project coordinator
Mark Kueper	....	digital intermediate scanner: Technicolor Creative Services
Eric Myles	....	digital supervisor: Technicolort Creative Services
Jordan Nieuwland	....	matte painter: Technicolor Creative Services
Andrew Pascoe	....	digital technician: Technicolor Creative Services

Camera and Electrical Department
Bradley Bell	....	electrician
Michael Blatchford	....	camera loader
Darren Boyce	....	key grip
Michael Curtis	....	electrician
Dennis Daigle	....	electrician
Tara Dixit	....	second assistant camera
Rick Dubeau	....	grip (as Richard Dubeau)
Michael Gibson	....	still photographer
Frank Hardin	....	generator operator
Jeremy Jemec	....	best boy electric
Sean Jensen	....	camera operator
Terry Kelly	....	gaffer
Don LeClair	....	grip
Murray Mainprize	....	generator operator
Hernan Morris	....	videographer: electronic press kit
Robert Mountjoy	....	first assistant camera (as Rob Mountjoy)
Rahul Parekh	....	dolly grip
Geoffrey Pope	....	grip
Loreen Ruddock	....	electrician
Kristen Somborac	....	grip
John Craig Steele	....	best boy grip (as Craig Steele)
Allyn Terry	....	electrician
Steve Winn	....	grip
Sean Jensen	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Megan Conacher	....	background casting
Jason Knight	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jozi Conte	....	wardrobe assistant (as Jozie Conte)
Stacy Laliberte	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Emily McHugh	....	second assistant wardrobe
Crystal Silden	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Pierre Cadieux	....	telecine manager: Technicolor Creative Services
Louis Casado	....	color timer: Technicolor Creative Services (as Lou Casado)
Michael Dobroski	....	dailies colorist: Technicolor Creative Services (as Mike Dobroski)
Rob Gyorgy	....	on-line editor: Technicolor Creative Services
Jeff Hannaford	....	client services lab: Technicolor Creative Services
Chuck Kahn	....	first assistant editor
Mark Kueper	....	tape-to-tape colorist: Technicolor Creative Services
Mark Olexiuk	....	assistant colorist: dailies, Technicolor Creative Services
Winston Phillips	....	client services lab: Technicolor Creative Services
Brian Reid	....	packager: Technicolor Creative Services
Trevor Risbridger	....	on-line editor: Technicolor Creative Services

Music Department
Michael Banton-Jones	....	score mixing engineer
Jonathan Goldsmith	....	musician: guitars, keyboards, programming
Tricia Holloway	....	music consultant
George Koller	....	musician: bass
Hugh Marsh	....	musician: violin

Transportation Department
Helen Bone	....	driver
Martin Boon	....	driver
Sean Bryan	....	daily driver
Alan Cairns	....	daily driver
John Carr	....	daily driver
Paul Davies	....	driver
Artur Forst	....	driver
Keith Geobey	....	daily driver (as Keith Gobey)
Patrick McKenna	....	daily driver
David McLaren	....	transportation captain
Dave Mead	....	operator: honeywagon
George Mirosznik	....	driver
Barry Moyer	....	head driver
David Murray	....	daily driver
Paul Prucha	....	driver
Dave Puddister	....	daily driver (as David Puddister)
Jerry Skavinsky	....	transportation coordinator
Chris Taylor	....	daily driver
Bill Wilson	....	daily driver

Altro personale
Cynthia Amsden	....	unit publicist
Jeff Arp	....	production assistant
Ernest Ashford	....	location support trainee
Brenda Blake	....	production lawyer
Glenn Brooks	....	location assistant
Gordon Brooks	....	location assistant (as Gord Brooks)
Ralph Bruzzese	....	location and transportation security
James Burton	....	craft service
Grace Carbale-Davis	....	sales executive: Technicolor Creative Services
Lorraine Clark	....	electronic press kit producer
Donna Croce	....	script supervisor
Heather K. Dahlstrom	....	production assistant (as Heather Dahlstrom)
Lindy Davies	....	performance consultant
Colin Davis	....	vice president: film operations, Technicolor Creative Services
Greg Dunfield	....	operations manager: Technicolor Creative Services
Mike Ellis	....	vice president: digital film, Technicolor Creative Services
Andrew Finch	....	location support trainee
Doug Gillespie	....	production accountant
Ed Goldin	....	first general accountant
Raymond Gourlay	....	location support trainee
Jerry Greben	....	stand-in
Rhonda Hall	....	stand-in
Jeff Hannaford	....	client services: Technicolor Creative Services
Marni Hogg	....	ski double
Bill Hong	....	operator: camera car/insert car
Sonia Hosko	....	assistant: Sarah Polley
Ed Johnson	....	ski double
Liise Keeling	....	ski coach
Jacque Larcenaire	....	location support trainee
Kelly Lee	....	on-set medic
Stephanie Markowitz	....	assistant to producers
Quincy Morgan	....	location scout
Randy Morgan	....	assistant location manager
Jeff Nelson	....	location manager
Wayne Pells	....	script supervisor
Julie Pereira	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Perone	....	production coordinator
Stine Petersen	....	craft service
Winston Phillips	....	client services: Technicolor Creative Services
Diane Pitblado	....	dialect coach
Eli Schwanz	....	assistant to producers
Michael Tuttie	....	location support trainee
Hsing-Min Wen	....	location support trainee
Symone Wen	....	location support trainee
Brian White	....	client services manager: Technicolor Creative Services
Richard Wilcox	....	location support trainee
Ray Young	....	craft service

Thanks
Jonathan Ahee	....	special thanks
Chris Andrews	....	special thanks
Stewart Aziz	....	special thanks
Boyd Banks	....	special thanks
Erica Benson	....	special thanks
Dennis Berardi	....	special thanks
Kathy Broderick	....	special thanks
Celia Chassels	....	special thanks
Tony Cianciatta	....	special thanks
Lorraine Clark	....	special thanks
Wayne Clarkson	....	special thanks
Andrew Cullen	....	special thanks
Joel Darling	....	special thanks
Brian De Palma	....	special thanks
Marina di Pancrazio	....	special thanks
Andrew Eddy	....	special thanks
Bernie Finkelstein	....	special thanks (as Bernie Finklestein)
Don Forsyth	....	special thanks
Mary Forsyth	....	special thanks
Frank Frattaroli	....	special thanks
John Galway	....	special thanks
Marcy Gerstein	....	special thanks
Shelley Gillen	....	special thanks
Cam Gordon	....	special thanks
Ron Haney	....	special thanks
Martin Harbury	....	special thanks
David Hardy	....	special thanks
Tim Haslam	....	special thanks
Hannah Hempstead	....	special thanks
Brooke Johnson	....	special thanks
John Labraico	....	special thanks
Martin Levin	....	special thanks
Billy Lieberman	....	special thanks
Doug Liman	....	special thanks
Kerri Locke	....	special thanks
Dan Lyon	....	special thanks
Al Maciulis	....	special thanks
Anne MacKenzie	....	special thanks
Eliza Macmillan	....	special thanks
Michelle Marion	....	special thanks
Silvana Marsella	....	special thanks
Gabriella Martinelli	....	special thanks
Melissa Minshall	....	special thanks (as Melissa Minshall and the County of Brant)
Gaby Morgerman	....	special thanks
Michael Ondaatje	....	special thanks
Rick Perotto	....	special thanks
Tim Robbins	....	special thanks
Rena Ronson	....	special thanks
Thorsten Schumacher	....	special thanks (as Thorston Schumacher)
Robin Smith	....	special thanks
Tim Story	....	special thanks
Catherine Stuart	....	special thanks
Robert Varga	....	special thanks
Clément Virgo	....	special thanks (as Clement Virgo)
Alex Walton	....	special thanks
James Weyman	....	special thanks
Marnie Wharnsby	....	special thanks
Robert Young	....	special thanks
Eda Zimler	....	special thanks
Donna Zuchlinski	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Film Farm, The
• Foundry Films
• Echo Lake Productions (I)
• Pulling Focus Pictures

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Capri Films (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Capri Releasing Inc. (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• HanWay Films (2006) (non-USA) (theatrical) (international sales)
• HanWay Films (2007) (worldwide) (all media) (international sales)
• Hexagon (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Independent Film Channel (IFC) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Ledafilms (2008) (Mexico) (TV)
• Lions Gate Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Majestic-Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Metrodome Distribution (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Notro Films (2007) (Spain) (all media)
• Pulling Focus Pictures (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• SF Norge A/S (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
• William Morris Independent (2006) (USA) (theatrical)

Effetti speciali

• Performance Solutions (special effects)
• Technicolor Creative Services (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Absolutely Famished  catering
• Caldwell Jeffery  adr loop group
• Canada Camera Car & William J. White  camera cars
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)  funding
• Catering By Davids  catering
• Concepts International  location and transportation security
• Dwight Crane Rentals Ltd.  cranes (as Dwight Crane)
• Film Finances Canada  completion bond
• Film Support Service  location and transportation security
• HanWay Films  international sales
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Harold Greenberg Fund, The  financing
• Jones Brown Insurance  insurance
• Kay and Warburton  auditors (as Kay & Warburton)
• Kodak Canada  filmed on (as Kodak)
• Movie Central Network  financing
• National Bank of Canada  interim financing
• Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)  financing
• PS Productions  grip and lighting equipment
• Panavision Canada  camera equipment
• Phase One Studios  score mixed at
• Rights Company, The  clearances and title search
• Stargrazing  craft service (as Star Grazing)
• Tattersall Sound  post-production sound
• Technicolor  post production lab
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio
• Téléfilm Canada  financing

Durata:

110 min

Nazionalità:

Canada

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

UK:12A | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Germany:o.Al. | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:6

Luoghi delle riprese:

Freeport Health Centre, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Film Farm, The

Curiosità:

'Sarah Polley' adapted the short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" specifically for Julie Christie.

Citazioni:

Kristy: It's never too late to become what you might have been.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

Prelude in C, from 'Das Wohltemperierte Clavier', Book One (BWV 846)

Film of the Young Year

When it comes to "Away from Her," the overused, abused adjective cannot be avoided: it is a great film.

Sarah Polley's film grips, holds, moves, thrills; you will think and talk about it, remember the story and the characters indefinitely - which could well serve as a dictionary definition of "great film." All this from a 27-year-old first-time director!

You will see advertising and hear talk about "the one with Julie Christie having Alzheimer's," but that describes "Away from Her" no better than saying "Hamlet" is about a man who cannot make up his mind. Yes, Fiona, Christie's character, is in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, but the actress - as beautiful as ever and in her greatest role here - creates a complex, full figure, with good moments and bad ones, with intelligence, warmth, carrying regrets and hurts with grace. The outstanding Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent is Grant, Fiona's loving husband for long, rich decades, albeit with their share of problems.

As the story unfolds, Grant and Fiona face the obvious, the inevitable, but for the audience, there is nothing obvious or inevitable about the way things happen. Polley's writing is Stoppardian in its complexity and brilliance - there is nothing predigested and Hollywoodish here, only life and people as infinitely complex as the human brain. Even as it deteriorates, the brain - and the film about this tragic process - retains its surprises and wonders, and to the very last scene of "Away from Her," you cannot sit back and assume you know what will happen. You don't; the film's unpredictability is one of its great assets.

Add to Polley's script (based on Alice Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain") and direction, to Christie's and Pinsent's magnificent individual and ensemble acting, a cast to treasure. Olympia Dukakis and Michael Murphy play a couple whose lives unexpectedly intertwine with Grant and Fiona's. Kristen Thomson steals whole scenes from the principals as the head nurse at the institution where Fiona is placed; warm, supportive, nurturing and altogether wonderful, the nurse has one quick exchange in which she shows another side and another attitude - and this slight "glitch" makes the character even more real and sympathetic.

"Away from Her" is not a tragedy, it's a drama, which moves and uplifts. It includes charming and funny moments, but even the humor has depth. In one scene, as she is watching TV news from Iraq, Alzheimer's patient Fiona exclaims: "How could they forget Vietnam?!"