Away From Her
Dir. Sarah Polley · PG-13 · min · 5/4/2007
Based on an Alice Munro short story: a woman with early Alzheimer’s moves into a care home, where she develops feelings for another resident—and her devoted husband must watch. Directed by Sarah Polley; Julie Christie received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Note: this film centres on Alzheimer’s disease as its primary subject. Included here for the extraordinary performances; viewers should know that illness-as-older-woman-arc is a common and limiting pattern in mainstream cinema, and this film both exemplifies and transcends it.
