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The winner of the silver bear for best actress charlotte rampling and best actor tom courtenay at the berlin international film festival, andrew. The movie, featuring charlotte rampling and tom courtenay, tells the story of a couple celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 65th berlin international film festival. Haigh earned great acclaim with his 2011 breakthrough feature weekend, a deliciously nuanced exploration of. Jan 28, 2016 about a year ago at the berlin film festival, tom courtenay and charlotte rampling won acting prizes together for 45 years. After the movie, i looked it up on my phone and was interested when i noticed the directors previous film was weekend, which was on adams top 10 of 2011. Writerdirector andrew haighs 45 years is a deceptively straightforward film. The director and scriptwriter of the guardians best film of 2015 on reaction to his film, class prejudice and why asking difficult questions is. It follows a married couple tom courtenay and charlotte rampling who are preparing to celebrate their 45th. Charlotte rampling, tom courtenay, geraldine james.

And from these two films, i think im confident in saying i really like his direction style. A lot of people have been wrecked by the final scene of 45 years and the choice of the very sharp end shot. A couple charlotte rampling and tom courtenay face a hurdle in their lengthy marriage in the drama 45 years, written and directed by andrew haigh. The film begins with courtenays character receiving a letter confirming the death of his former lover, a situation which obviously triggers lots of problems 45 years can be experienced through ramplings eyes from the first minute to the breathtaking final. Sep 08, 2015 45 years is the answer to hollywoods perfect ending anyone who is married, been married, or is worried about getting old i. Jan 21, 2016 as 45 years gets underway, kate is returning from her regular walk when the postman drops off a letter, the contents of which will exert a quietly insistent pull on kate and geoffs. Andrew haigh narrates a scene from 45 years the new. A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives. The event is to take place soon in the community hall of norwich, the town near which they live.

Kate charlotte rampling and geoff mercer sir tom courtenay are planning to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with dozens of friends. As the wife prepares for the big party, the husband receives unsettling news from his past. A longburied secret, once revealed, rattles 45 years of. Dec 18, 2015 a lot of people have been wrecked by the final scene of 45 years and the choice of the very sharp end shot. Dec 22, 2015 writerdirector andrew haighs 45 years is a deceptively straightforward film. Cathartic endings, the directors cut, and his favorite films duration.

The most talked about film of the week sounds an unsettling choice for bank holiday viewing. About a year ago at the berlin film festival, tom courtenay and charlotte rampling won acting prizes together for 45 years. The director of 45 years is andrew haigh, only 42 himself, whose first feature, greek pete 2009 was about a year in the life of a london rent boy, debuting at the london lesbian and gay film. A week before the party, geoff receives a letter which, although he tries to hide it, obviously troubles. Charlotte rampling is wonderful in this film as is tom courtenay, 45 years is a milestone in the marriage of these two people, how will they react to this, a brave and compelling story. The plot is a quietly tightening screw, with the torque supplied by. Their marital contentment among the green pastures of the english countryside will soon be disrupted when an unexpected letter arrives a week. Five years after retirees kate and geoff mercer had to cancel their 40th wedding anniversary because of his heart bypass surgery. Near the end, the camera lingers on a shattered kate as she stands alone in a. Charlotte rampling is quietly devastating in 45 years. As 45 years gets underway, kate is returning from her regular walk when the postman drops off a letter, the contents of which will exert a quietly insistent pull on kate and geoffs. Age of anxiety on the cusp of an anniversary celebration, the foundation of a marriage starts to shift watch the film trailer for 45 years, starring charlotte rampling. Aug 28, 2015 the director of 45 years is andrew haigh, only 42 himself, whose first feature, greek pete 2009 was about a year in the life of a london rent boy, debuting at the london lesbian and gay film. Aug 27, 2015 45 years, the title of english director andrew haighs followup to his acclaimed indie film weekend, is a strange wedding anniversary to celebrate with a fullscale party, as the venue co.

Feb 06, 2015 on several levels, 45 years is a film haunted by the ghosts of the past. Geoff tom courtenay, the man she was with when she fell, hasnt mentioned her since he married kate. Aug 29, 2015 the most talked about film of the week sounds an unsettling choice for bank holiday viewing. Jan 06, 2016 in 45 years, rampling shows us everything a true actress can do without a hint of excess or a single wasted motion. I think that final shot was actually in my head from when i started writing the script. Released december 23rd, 2015, 45 years stars charlotte rampling, tom courtenay, geraldine james, dolly wells the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100. A movie is a fixed, finite, relatively short experience a hundred minutes or so in a given viewers life that can span years, even centuries. Looked at one way, the most significant character in 45 years hasnt a single. The film features a week in the lives of kate charlotte rampling, a retired teacher, and goeff tom courtenay, a retired manager of an engineering company, as the couple prepares for their 45th. Every once in a while a film comes along that is so natural, so real, that you forget that youre watching a film, but rather become the proverbial flyonthewall. Tom courtenay won british irish actress of the year. Charlotte rampling gives a shattering performance in understated marital drama tom courtenay costars as a husband haunted by the past in this standout twohander from. Oct 14, 2015 the winner of the silver bear for best actress charlotte rampling and best actor tom courtenay at the berlin international film festival, andrew haighs weekend, looking film is a moving. His latest film, 45 years, follows british couple geoff and kate mercer in the days leading up to their 45 thanniversary party.

Like kubricks eyes wide shut, 45 years is a film about a marriage put in. On several levels, 45 years is a film haunted by the ghosts of the past. Its natural, and accurate, to say they are both wonderful or touching or expert in the film, and participating in a kind of union. Tom courtenay and charlotte rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of lost love and missed opportunity. A double prize winner at the berlin film festival, andrew haighs 45 years follows kate mercer charlotte rampling and her husband tom courtenay in the turbulent five days leading up to their 45th wedding anniversary. The film is based on the short story in another country by david constantine. Dec 23, 2015 45 years 2015 charlotte rampling as kate mercer. Dec 24, 2015 in the end, 45 years is kates film, and at the party, this enigmatic woman seems to have opted for pragmatism, or maybe its forbearance. But as the camera comes to rest on that lovely face, you. And as a result, 45 years haunts long after the final credits roll.

In he end, 45 years flows at a good pace and its 97 minutes running time is the perfect length for this story. Ari aster on midsommar, cathartic endings, the directors cut, and his favorite films duration. Haigh earned great acclaim with his 2011 breakthrough feature weekend, a deliciously nuanced exploration of gay love and. Spoilers whats so special about the ending of 45 years. With charlotte rampling, tom courtenay, geraldine james, dolly wells. Tom courtenay and charlotte rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of. Her name is katya, and she was young and beautiful when she plummeted to her demise in the swiss alps. Dec 23, 2015 film is an art that plays tricks with time. The two are nearing their 45th wedding anniversary, and.

Sep 11, 2015 45 years gets many things right, in all its sharply calibrated intimacy, but by the shivery final scene, some of the alluring mystery of the film is lost. Charlotte rampling and tom courtenay in andrew haighs 45 years geoff. A marriage festers before our eyes in 45 years the. Charlotte rampling is quietly devastating in 45 years the. While we may have to respectfully disagree with ms.

These old ass motherfuckers are coming up on 45 years of marriage a childless marriage at that, meaning they have no one else but each other and geoff is unintentionally torturing katya emotionally with his behavior after an ex resurfaces in his life in a very weird way. Five years after retirees kate and geoff mercer had to cancel their 40th wedding anniversary because of his heart bypass. In andrew haighs delicately shaded drama 45 years, charlotte rampling and tom courtenay play one of those couples, kate and geoff mercer. Parents need to know that 45 years is an intense indie drama that deals with mature themes like death, infidelity, and memory, some of which might be too mature for younger viewers. Dec 23, 2015 in andrew haighs delicately shaded drama 45 years, charlotte rampling and tom courtenay play one of those couples, kate and geoff mercer. Looked at one way, the most significant character in 45 years hasnt a single line of dialogue, appears only in still photographs, and died a halfcentury before the events of the film.

We got haigh on the phone to discuss marriage, the female latemidlife crisis, and why the past can be so perturbing. I like this movie a lot and i believe the ending is as good as advertised. Its a quiet movie, taking place over a week in the. After the astonishing critical and commercial success of his second film weekend 2011, andrew haigh is back with a new. At a spare 95 minutes, this is a film of no wasted scenes or unnecessary subplots, stripped down to something tough and focused and vivid. In the end, 45 years is kates film, and at the party, this enigmatic woman seems to have opted for pragmatism, or maybe its forbearance. Jan 24, 2016 45 years begins the way many tense mysteries dowith a dark secret being unearthed. What does it want to convey in the ending scene by the subtle emotions of kate during the anniversary party. It would have seemed indecent to honor one and not the other. Dec 22, 2015 years, their bruising new film with emerging british master andrew haigh, begins with a couple secure in what appears to be a healthy, functional marriage and plumbs the little cracks in its.

A longburied secret, once revealed, rattles 45 years of marriage director andrew haighs new film profiles a couple suddenly forced to reassess their decadeslong union. But this is no nordic crime thriller, or horror film about monsters emerging from the deep. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Find all 19 songs in 45 years soundtrack, with scene descriptions. We, as modernday moviegoers, are used to the shotreverse shot form of dialogue coverage, but 45 years forgoes this technique for a far more restrained and subtle technique. Reason for pick buzz acting awards from the berlin film fest. Interview with 45 years writerdirector andrew haigh.