SURPRISE

There were so many surprises in Sarah Polley's first film as a
director, Away from Her. First, that still in her mid 20s - and in a
youth-obsessed industry - she chose to make a love story about an
ageing couple. Second, that she talked Julie Christie into playing one
of her leads, a woman at the onset of Alzheimer's (a career high for
Christie). Perhaps most surprising of all is that the result is such a
measured and moving film. But then again, this is a woman who was
allegedly blacklisted by Disney at 12 for refusing to take off a peace
badge at a showbiz function.

Cath Clarke

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