WINNER OF THE EMERGING FILMMAKERS AWARD    Friday, April 27th - 9:30pm St. Anthony Main :   Director: Sarah Polley   Sarah Polley's fiercely intelligent and nuanced work as an actor has made a significant contribution to the rise of cinema in English Canada.  Her feature debut as director gives us something more:  a tremendous, touching film showcasing two other phemomenal actors at their finest.  Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) have been married for decades.

No retired, they live comfortably in a house in the country, but their contentment is permanently disrupted when Fiona's memory starts to deteriorate.  Determined not to saddle Grant with her declining health, she insists upon going to a rest home - which only tears Grant apart.  Though plagued by the notion that Fiona may be tormenting him for past misdeeds, he forges ahead, resolved to ensure his wife's comfort even when it causes him anguish.  Polley's assured, remarkable move into feature direction exquisitely captures the many subtleties of Alice Munro's work, from which the film is adapted.

Cast: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Kristen Thomson, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson. 

Canada, 110 minutes, 2006, 35mm

Presented by: Fredrikson & Byron, Consulate General of Canada, & Kodak 

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