45 Years
Directed by: Andrew Haigh
2015 | United Kingdom | 95 minutes | R
Screening | Friday, December 9, 2016, 7pm |
Matinee | Saturday, December 10, 2016, 3pm |
Screening | Saturday, December 10, 2016, 7pm |
Married for 45 years, without children,
Kate and Geoff Mercer are poised to celebrate their wedding anniversary with a
party, when Geoff receives a letter that shakes both of them. The letter, from
Switzerland, lets him know that a body has been found: that of Katya, his
girlfriend before Kate, who died falling into a fissure in a glacier when the
couple were on a walking holiday in 1962. Geoff tells Kate that he was regarded
as Katya’s next-of-kin, since they had been pretending to be married. Though
Kate continues to prepare for the party, and the couple shares some romantic
excitement about it, she becomes increasingly disturbed by Geoff’s
preoccupation with Katya. As the celebrations grow closer, they delve further
into their past, leaving their future in question. Screen legends Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay won Best Actress & Best Actor at the Berlinale for this emotional tour-de-force from acclaimed director Andrew Haigh (Weekend).
