Away from her
2007
DVD
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistors, ' first 30 days policy of a patient's stay. When Grant visits Fiona after the orientation period, he is devastated to find out that not only has she seemingly forgotten him, but she has transferred her affections to another man. As the distance between husband and wife grows, Grant must draw upon his love for Fiona to perform an act of self-sacrifice in order to ensure her happiness.
Item Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- surround
- Dolby digital 2.0
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: AFR rating : PG, for coarse language, implied sexual activity, and thematic material.
Notes:
- Based on the short story "The bear came over the mountain" by Alice Munro.
- Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
- Special features: Feature commentary with actress Julie Christie ; deleted scenes ; deleted scenes commentary with director Sarah Polley.
- Director of photography, Luc Montpellier ; editor, David Whamsby ; music, Jonathan Goldsmith ; production design, Kathleen Climie.
- Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Kristen Thomson, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson.
- DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.78:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo ; region 1.
- English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 21795
Control Number: 3146417
UPC: 031398217954
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2007.Subjects:
- Alzheimer's disease -- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Married people -- Drama.
- Melodrama.
- Nursing home residents -- Drama.
- Ontario -- Drama.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Capri Releasing (Firm)
- Christie, Julie, 1941-
- Climie, Kathleen.
- Crewson, Wendy.
- Dukakis, Olympia.
- Echo Lake Productions.
- Film Farm (Firm)
- Foundry Films.
- Goldsmith, Jonathan.
- HanWay (Firm)
- Iron, Daniel.
- Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
- Montpellier, Luc.
- Munro, Alice, 1931-2024. Bear came over the mountain.
- Murphy, Michael, 1938-
- Pinsent, Gordon.
- Polley, Sarah.
- Thomson, Kristen.
- Urdl, Simone.
- Watson, Alberta.
- Weiss, Jennifer (Producer)
- Wharnsby-Ali, Dawud.