Science in the Cinema - Away from Her

Date: Wed, July 9th 2008
Additional Time Info: 7:00 p.m.
External Link: Event Website
Related Series: Science in the Cinema - Free Film Series
Event Tags: The Movies
Location: AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center

Away From Her
Date:	July 9
Time:	7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location:	AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Guest Speaker:	Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, Ph.D., Director of NIA’s Division of Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Medical Theme:	Alzheimer's Disease

	Sarah Polley directs this drama about a long-married but still very much in love couple whose lives are torn asunder when one of them must enter a rest home. Julie Christie (in an Oscar-nominated role) plays the wife, and Gordon Pinsent plays the husband desperate to ensure her comfort in the new setting while burdened with guilt over past behavior. Olympia Dukakis co-stars in this film inspired by an Alice Munro story.

	Starring:	Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Clare Coulter, Thomas Hauff, Alberta Watson, Grace Lynn Kung, Lili Francks, Andrew Moodie, Wendy Crewson, Judy Sinclair, Tom Harvey, Carolyn Hetherington
	Genre:	Drama/Romance
	Year:	2006
	Run Time:	1 hour, 50 minutes
	Rating:	Rated PG-13 for some strong language.