A Woman of Great Importance

I must watch Sarah Polley’s Away From Her.

In the film, which came and went quite quickly but left me with the memorable task of seeking it out one way or another, stars Julie Christie, whom I understand is just tremendous in it.

She plays Fiona, a woman who after decades of marriage to her husband Grant (Gordon Pinsent), decides to enter a rest home so as not to saddle him with her onset of Alzheimer's disease.

The move breaks his heart, and this is worsened by the rules of her new residence – and her transferring of affections onto another man who also lives at the home.

As awards season heats up, you might want to take a look at Away From Her and Christie in particular. The film is out on DVD now.

Photo: Lionsgate Films.