Iris

Iris

2001 · 91 min · EN · R · 6.4 (225 votes)
Dir. Richard Eyre · Starring Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton, Samuel West · Music James Horner

“Her greatest talent was for life.”

DramaRomance

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

VIBE

A poignant, deeply felt exploration of enduring love against the relentless tide of memory loss. It's a tender, heartbreaking look at a lifelong bond, beautifully rendered with quiet grace and profound emotional resonance.

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new lovebased on novel or booklove of one's liferetireealzheimer's diseasepflegenagingloveauthorphotographic memory