45 Years

45 Years

2015 · 95 min · EN · R · 6.6 (678 votes)
Dir. Andrew Haigh · Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander

Do we really know our loved ones?

DramaRomance

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

VIBE

A quietly devastating slow-burn, this film is a melancholic exploration of a long marriage haunted by a ghost from the past. It's an understated, poignant drama that slowly unravels the foundations of a life built on shared history, leaving a lingering sense of unease and profound reflection on memory and fidelity.

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