Away from Her (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Sarah Polley

Escritores:

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 abril 2007 (UK)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

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:

Nursing Home | Alzheimer's Disease | Lost | Time | Love

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 15 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Remarkable debut by director Sarah Polley and yet another fascinating performance by Julie Christie

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 8	8:45 AM	TMC
Sat. July 11	10:05 AM	TMC
Thur. July 16	2:00 PM	TMC

Reparto

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
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Nancy E.L. Ward	...	Caregiver (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Sarah Polley

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

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

Música original por
Jonathan Goldsmith

Fotografía por
Luc Montpellier		(director of photography)

Montaje por
David Wharnsby

Casting
John Buchan

Diseño de producción por
Kathleen Climie

Dirección artística
Benno Tutter

Decorados
Mary Kirkland

Diseño de vestuario por
Debra Hanson

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

Dirección de producción
Ted Miller	....	production manager
Rachel Sutherland	....	post-production supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
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)

Departamento de Arte
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)

Departamento de sonido
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

Efectos especiales
Mark Ahee	....	special effects technician
Derek Bujalski	....	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

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
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)

Departamento de reparto
Megan Conacher	....	background casting
Jason Knight	....	casting associate

Departamento de vestuario
Jozi Conte	....	wardrobe assistant (as Jozie Conte)
Stacy Laliberte	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Emily McHugh	....	second assistant wardrobe
Crystal Silden	....	assistant costume designer

Departamento de Edición
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

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

Departamento de Transporte
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

Otros miembros del equipo
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

Gracias
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

Compañías Productores

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

Distribuidores

• 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 (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Hexagon Pictures (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)

Efectos especiales

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

Otras Compañías

• 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  cranes (as Dwight Crane)
• Film Finances Canada  completion bond
• Film Support Service  location and transportation security
• 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
• Tattersall Sound  sound re-recording
• Technicolor  post production lab
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio
• Téléfilm Canada  financing

También conocida como:

Lejos de ella (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]

Duración:

110 min

País:

Canada

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Freeport Health Centre, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Compañía:

Film Farm, The

Trivialidades:

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

Errores:

Errores Reales: When Frank, the former hockey play-by-play man, is announcing the Philadelphia Flyers-Toronto Maple Leafs game that's playing on television, at the finish of the game he gives the name of the Flyers coach as "Phil" Hitchcock; the Flyers coach in 2003 (when this movie is set) is actually named Ken Hitchcock.

Citas:

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

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-22)" (2008)

Banda de Sonido:

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

Remarkable debut by director Sarah Polley and yet another fascinating performance by Julie Christie

Julie Christie's combination of talent, beauty and brains has enthralled me over four decades. Nearly a decade ago, her Oscar nominated performance in "Afterglow" established that she was not a spent force while playing a gracefully aging wife of a handyman in the US. One thought that would be her best turn at geriatric impersonations.

Less than a decade later, Christie comes up with an even better performance of a woman coping with Alzheimer's disease in a debut directorial effort "Away from Her" of Canadian actress Sarah Polley. I saw the film today at the ongoing International Film Festival of Kerala, India, where Ms Christie, serving on the jury for the competition section, introduced her film thus: "It is immaterial whether you are rich or poor--we cannot predict what can happen to us. Enjoy the film with this thought." Ms Christie probably put in her best effort because the young director considers Ms Christie to be her "adoptive" mother, having worked together on three significant movie projects in five years. The film's subject brings memories of two similar films: Pierre Granier-Deferre' film "Le Chat" that won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for both Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret in 1971 and Paul Mazursky's "Harry and Tonto" which won an Oscar for the lead actor Art Carney in 1974. This performance of Julie Christie ranks alongside those winners.

Today geriatric care is a growing problem. This film is a sensitive look at parting of married couples when one of them needs institutional care. Ms Polley's choice of the actor Gordon Pinsent is an intelligent one as the film relies on his narration and Mr Pinsent's deep voice provides the right measure of gravitas. Olympia Dukakis is another fine actor playing a lady who has "quit quitting". So is Michael Murphy doing a lengthy role without saying a word.

The strengths of the film are the subject, the direction, the performances and the seamless editing by the director's spouse. It is not a film that will attract young audiences who are insensitive. Yet the film has a evocative scene where a young teenager with several parts of her body pierced by rings is totally amazed by the devotion of the aging husband for his wife. So in a way the film reaches out to different age groups. Though it talks about sex, it can be safe family viewing material.

Chances are that most viewers will love the film if they are interested in films that are different from "the American films that get shown in multiplexes" to quote a character in the film. More importantly this film advertises the problem of Alzheimer's disease eloquently and artistically. It prepares you for future shocks.