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- BFI identifier720742
- Date2006 (Copyright)
2008-02-15 (Release) - Production countryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
- Production companyFilm Farm, Foundry Films Inc., Pulling Focus Pictures Inc., Capri Releasing, HanWay Films Ltd, Echo Lake Productions, Téléfilm Canada, Canadian Television and Cable Production Fund, TMN - The Movie Network, SE, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Movie Central, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Government of Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit
- SynopsisElderly couple Fiona and Grant Anderson have been married for over forty years and are still a close and loving couple. Life and relationships change for them, however, when Fiona is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. As she worsens she opts to go into a home. Not only does Grant have to contend with her memory-loss and lapses in recognition he also becomes jealous of her seeming relationship with another wheelchair-bound resident of the home. (Synopsis)
- Work historyDirectorial debut feature.
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- CastJulie Christie (Fiona Anderson)
Gordon Pinsent (Grant Anderson)
Olympia Dukakis (Marian)
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Title
Away from Her (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/12BF-B212-29FE-AFDE-EA1E-HCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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Work - 720742 - 2006 (Copyright)
Canada - Film - Fiction
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