Geoff and Kate Mercer (Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling in award-winning performances) are a week away from their 45 year...
Geoff and Kate Mercer (Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling in award-winning performances) are a week away from their 45 year wedding anniversary. What should be a time of celebration for this childless couple enjoying rural retirement is derailed by the news that the body of Geoff's first love has been found, preserved in the glacier she fell into fifty years earlier.
While Geoff is visibly rattled, the effect on Kate is more subtle. As she explores her husband's photo archives, making fresh discoveries about him while trawling through his past, Kate finds herself overcome by jealousy and doubt.
"Outwardly, everything is business as usual. But the camera cautiously registers how a well-tuned coexistence is going out of kilter. Whether over a shared breakfast or a lonely wander through the town, Kate feels more and more like a stranger in her own life. 45 Years tells the story of two people who, caught up in unexpected emotions, are forced to bolster themselves against unfamiliar feelings and, in doing so, have the rug pulled out from under their feet. After 45 years, which feeling will prevail on the couple's big day?" (Berlin International Film Festival)
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- Award winner
- Best Actress (Charlotte Rampling) and Best Actor (Tom Courtenay) at Berlin International Film Festival 2015.
- Runtime
- 94
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- UK