Away From Her
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Canada, 2006 (fiction, 110 minutes, couleurs, anglais)
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Autre titre :
« Loin d'elle »
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Description du film [en anglais] :
« Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) have been married for
decades. [...] Now 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 on going into a rest home -- which only tears Grant
apart. »
-- Toronto International Film Festival
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| Générique (partiel) : |
| Scénario : | Sarah Polley |
| Source originale : | The Bear Came Over the Mountain, une nouvelle de Alice Munro |
| Produit par : |
Atom Egoyan, Victoria Hirst, Daniel Iron, Doug Mankoff, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss |
| Interprètes principaux : |
Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Deanna Dezmari, Clare Coulter, Thomas Hauff, Alberta Watson, Grace Lynn Kung, Lili Francks, Andrew Moodie, Wendy Crewson, Judy Sinclair, Tom Harvey, Carolyn Heatherington, Melanie Merkosky, Kristen Thomson, Jessica Booker, Janet van de Graaf, Michael Murphy, Vanessa Vaughan, Catherine Fitch, Ron Hewat, Jason Knight, Nina Dobrev |
| Images : |
Luc Montpellier |
| Montage images : |
David Wharnsby |
| Musique : |
Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Société de production : |
The Film Farm, Foundry Films Inc., Pulling Focus Pictures |
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Citation de la réalisatrice
« La nouvelle d'Alice Munro L'ours qui traversa les montagnes m'avait bouleversée. J'ai eu tout de suite envie de l'adapter. C'est une romancière si honnête, capable d'explorer les zones d'ombre de ses personnages. Nul n'est blanc ou noir dans son univers. »
-- Sarah Polley
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Citation de la réalisatrice [en anglais]
« In a first feature, there is this temptation to do cartwheels, to make sure
everyone sees every facet of your skill set. But it's not about you any more;
it's about the story you're telling. »
-- Sarah Polley
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Citations sur Away From Her [en anglais]
« [Sarah Polley's] script adroitly rearranges Munro's scenes and dialogue when necessary, and fills in the characterizations of Marian and the plucky nurse Kristy in a way that not only makes them plum roles for Olympia Dukakis and Kristen Thompson but deepens the compassion of the drama and brings a novel's expansiveness to Munro's economically told tale without adulterating its texture. »
-- Richard Alleva
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« The movie, Polley's feature debut, is a small-scale triumph that could herald a great career. In general, she works close to her actors, and is confident enough to let scenes remain ambiguous--the meanings build slowly, by accretion. But she also demonstrates an impressive feeling for the spiritual meaning of landscape, as when Fiona, on skis, finds herself isolated in the snow and, looking around at the open fields, experiences the terror of a life without signposts. »
-- David Denby
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« One of many surprising qualities about Sarah Polley's film, Away from
Her, based on a great story by Alice Munro, is this 28-year-old
first-time director's ability to see the strange poetic element in
Alzheimer's -- not only see it but bring it into focus with hard, clear
images, eloquently plain dialogue and poetic references that seem as natural in the film as the snowy southwestern Ontario fields. »
-- Robert Fulford
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« Her directing flows and interweaves; and she has an enlarging quality of
reticence, which makes key moments strong by not exploiting them. But
her master touch is in evolving the chill, even on the sunniest days, that is
enveloping Grant as he watches the cloud approach and Fiona
equanimously welcoming it. »
-- Stanley Kauffmann
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« Munro's story gets a canny, admirable adaptation from Sarah Polley, the
accomplished Canadian actress making her feature directorial debut. Apart
from being a film about old age from a woman in her late 20s, Away
from Her is a film rich in paradoxes. Much of the film's style is
dreamy, from the snow-covered Ontario landscapes suggestive of a
blanket of forgetfulness, to Julie Christie's pale, intoxicating beauty, to the
ambient musical score. Yet this is a story that's also spiked with
suppressed anguish and unexpected emotional reversals. »
-- Liam Lacey
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« One of the most powerful and yet unpretentious examinations of human
bonding ever put to the screen, Away From Her is not only a
remarkable achievement for a first-time feature director, it's easily one of
the best Canadian films ever made. »
-- Katherine Monk
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« [Away from Her's] greatest virtue lies in Polley's careful avoidance of sentimentality, showy cinematic style, feel-good jokes, or sublime images of nature -- all common strategies in films of this type. [...] The film's few touches of humor have an undertone of sadness, and the quietly subdued imagery of snow and cross-country skiing is nicely used to suggest key themes -- marriage, separation, aging, the end of a relationship, and the loss of memory. »
-- James Naremore
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« There is great potential for torrential sentiment in this material, but it's to
the movie's credit, not to mention that of the impeccable lead performances
and Polley's smartly adapted script, that it's kept tightly capped. Not that
the emotional force isn't there, it is: in the way Grant looks at Fiona as she
drifts away from him, and it's in every moment that indicates a shared
memory either utterly forgotten or suddenly retrieved. »
-- Geoff Pevere
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« The first feature written and directed by Sarah Polley, one of the most interesting actresses to come out of Canada in the past decade, the film is by turns sharp and somber, alive to the lacerations of ordinary experience and quietly attentive to grand absurdities and small instances of grace. »
-- A.O. Scott
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Bibliographie sur Away From Her
Livres
- MUNRO, Alice. Away from Her, New York, Vintage Contemporaries, 2007. [anglais]
Articles de revues scientifiques
- CICERO, Caroline et Craig DETWEILER. « Solidarity and Ambivalence in Away From Her », Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts, vol. 3, no. 1 (mars 2009), pp. 76-80. [anglais]
- MCGILL, Robert. « No Nation but Adaptation: 'The Bear Came Over the Mountain,' 'Away from Her,' and What It Means to Be Faithful », Canadian Literature, no. 197 (été 2008), pp. 98-111. [anglais]
- OATLEY, Keith. « Coming together », critique de Away From Her, PsycCRITIQUES, vol. 52, no. 39 (2007). [anglais]
- PETERS, Harry. « Niet ver weg van haar verhaal: boekverfilming Away from her », Skrien, vol. 39, no. 9-10 (novembre-janvier 2007-2008), pp. 22-25. [néerlandais]
Brèves parties d'articles de revue scientifiques
- NAREMORE, James. « Films of the Year, 2007 », Film Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 4 (2008). (pp. 57-58) [anglais]
Articles de journaux ou de revues grand public
- ALLEVA, Richard. « Cheating to be Faithful: 'Away from Her' », critique de Away From Her, Commonweal, 15 juin 2007. [anglais]
- ANSEN, David. « Love's labor's lost », critique de Away From Her, Newsweek, 14 mai 2007. [anglais]
- BRADSHAW, Peter. « Forgive and forget: Sarah
Polley's directorial debut is a spellbinding, delicate Alzheimer's drama:
Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Guardian, 27 avril 2007. [anglais]
- CALHOUN, Dave. « Film: Close up: Sarah Polley », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Time Out, 11 mai 2007. [anglais]
- CASTALDO, Joe. « That vision thing », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Canadian Business, 11 septembre 2006. [anglais]
- COCHRANE, Kira. « 'I felt like a crazy stalker' », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Guardian, 13 avril 2007, Film & Music section. [anglais]
- DENBY, David. « Games of chance: The current cinema », critique de Away From Her, New Yorker, 14 mai 2007. [anglais]
- DESROCHERS, Jean-Philippe. « Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Séquences, juillet-août 2007.
- DIVA. « Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Diva, no. 132, 2007. [anglais]
- FULFORD, Robert. « A loss of language and the language of loss: the poetics of Alzheimer's », National Post, 15 mai 2007. [anglais]
- GARBARZ, Franck. « Loin d'elle : le deuil de la mémoire », critique de Away From Her, Positif, mai 2007.
- GLOBE & MAIL. « Director Sarah Polley turns Munro story into feature », Globe and Mail, 22 février 2006. [anglais]
- GOLDSTEIN, Meredith. « First-time director is picture of
maturity: Sarah Polley, 28, earns raves for 'Away From Her' », Boston Globe, 13 mai 2007, LivingArts section. [anglais]
- GRIFFIN, John. « Young age can't mask Sarah Polley's
old soul: Her feature-length directorial debut, Away from Her, carries the
assurance of a veteran artist -- which she is », Montreal Gazette, 12 mai 2007, Final edition. [anglais]
- HARVEY, Dennis. « Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Variety, 25 septembre 2006. [anglais]
- JOHNSON, Brian D. « Goodbye to that jagged little
pill: A mellower Sarah Polley plays parent to some elder icons for her
stunning directorial debut », Maclean's, 7 mai 2007. [anglais]
- JOHNSON, Brian D. « A star is reborn, behind the camera:
Directing her first movie, the ever-precocious Sarah Polley finds magic in
age-old love », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Maclean's, 11 septembre 2006. [anglais]
- KAUFFMANN, Stanley. « People in shadows », critique de Away From Her, New Republic, 21 mai 2007. [anglais]
- KELLY, Brendan. « Canuck film finds homegrown
hero », Variety, 16 juillet 2007. [anglais]
- KELLY, Brendan. « Kudos for Polley pic », Variety, 25 avril 2007. [anglais]
- KNIGHT, Chris. « A heartbreaking
departure of both mind and love », critique de Away From Her, National Post, 4 mai 2007, All But Toronto edition, Arts section. [anglais]
- LACEY, Liam. « Sarah Polley makes an assured
directing debut », Globe and Mail, 4 mai 2007. [anglais]
- LACEY, Liam. « Top 10 of 2006: Sarah Polley: She's had a
milestone year in front of and behind the camera. But she hasn't let the
bright Hollywood lights distort her vision », Globe and Mail, 22 décembre 2006. [anglais]
- LUSSIER, Marc-André. « Away from Her : Sarah Polley : naissance d'une cinéaste », entretien avec Sarah Polley, La Presse, 5 mai 2007.
- MATHEOU, Demetrios. « Not remembering to
forget », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Sight & Sound, mai 2007. [anglais]
- MITCHELL, Elvis. « Sarah Polley: Actors who say they
want to direct are a dime a dozen--but ones who make movies like hers are
few and far between », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Interview, juin 2007. [anglais]
- MONK, Katherine. « Ache of loss: Sarah Polley's tale of
grief is a remarkable achievement », critique de Away From Her, Ottawa Citizen, 11 mai 2007, Final edition, Front section. [anglais]
- MUNSO, Danny. « Away from Her », Creative Screenwriting, mars 2007. [anglais]
- PATTERSON, Hannah. « Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Sight & Sound, mai 2007. [anglais]
- PEVERE, Geoff. « Away from Her draws us close to
husband's anguish », critique de Away From Her, Toronto Star, 11 septembre 2006. [anglais]
- PUPO, Mark. « Woman on the verge: On the eve of
her directorial debut, she's steeling herself for the spotlight--again », Toronto Life, octobre 2006. [anglais]
- REID, Michael. « Pinsent savours dream role », entretien avec Gordon Pinsent, Edmonton Journal, 8 mai 2007, Front section. [anglais]
- RIDING, Alan. « A role about winter for Julie Christie, a star in eternal spring », entretien avec Julie Christie, New York Times, 18 avril 2007, Late Edition (East Coast). [anglais]
- SCHNELLER, Johanna. « At 28, Sarah Polley starts over: On
Friday, the girl from Avonlea makes her debut as a director with the already
lauded Away From Her: 'I'm in a good place right now' », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Globe and Mail, 28 avril 2007. [anglais]
- SCHWARZBAUM, Lisa. « Recall girl », critique de Away From Her, Entertainment Weekly, 11 mai 2007. [anglais]
- SCOTT, A.O. « Time's wounds, and the heart's », critique de Away From Her, New York Times, 4 mai 2007, Late Edition (East Coast). [anglais]
- SEALY, Shirley. « Away from Her », critique de Away From Her, Film Journal International, juin 2007. [anglais]
- STONE, Alan A. « A care in the world », critique de Away From Her, Boston Review, juillet-août 2007. [anglais]
- TRAVERS, Peter. « Away From Her », critique de Away From Her, Rolling Stone, 3 mai 2007. [anglais]
- TREMBLAY, Odile. « Entrevue avec Sarah Polley : une étonnante maturité », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Le Devoir, 12 mai 2007.
- WINTERS, Laura. « The fresh young filmmaker and
her scenes from a long marriage », entretien avec Sarah Polley, Washington Post, 6 mai 2007, Final edition, Sunday Arts section. [anglais]
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