Away from Her
2006 · 110 min · Director: Sarah Polley
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Grant and Fiona Anderson have been married for forty-four years. Their marriage has been a generally happy and loving one although not perfect due to some indiscretions when Grant was working as a college professor. Fiona has just been admitted to Meadowlake, a long term care facility near their country home in southwestern Ontario, because her recent lapses of memory have been diagnosed as a probable case of Alzheimer's disease. She and Grant made this decision together, although a still lucid Fiona seems to have made peace with the decision and her diagnosis more so than Grant. With respect to the facility, what Grant has the most difficulty with are what he sees as the sadness associated with the facility's second floor - where the more advanced cases are housed - but most specifically the facility's policy of no visitors within the first thirty days of admission to allow the patient to adjust more easily to their new life there. Based on what he sees when he is finally able to visit Fiona, Grant ultimately makes a request of Marian Barque, the wife of one of the other patients, a semi-comatose Aubrey Barque, with whom Fiona has struck a friendship and who is now at home permanently with Marian. The request is to see to both Fiona and his own happiness in this unfortunate situation.
Emotional fingerprint
Away from Her (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Empathy25%
- Melancholy20%
- Love10%
- Relief10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Love
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Love | 60 % | 33 % | 43 % | 47 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Sadness | 56 % | 39 % | 45 % | 29 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Empathy | 53 % | 41 % | 46 % | 18 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Sadness | 51 % | 41 % | 46 % | 16 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Empathy | 52 % | 43 % | 46 % | 24 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Sadness | 66 % | 59 % | 57 % | 45 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Sadness | 74 % | 68 % | 65 % | 50 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Sadness | 64 % | 55 % | 57 % | 33 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Sadness | 60 % | 51 % | 55 % | 24 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 63 % | 56 % | 59 % | 30 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Sadness | 66 % | 61 % | 64 % | 39 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Sadness | 69 % | 63 % | 66 % | 41 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Empathy | 66 % | 59 % | 65 % | 38 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Sadness | 65 % | 59 % | 64 % | 36 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sadness | 64 % | 59 % | 60 % | 36 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sadness | 63 % | 56 % | 57 % | 33 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 64 % | 56 % | 59 % | 31 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Sadness | 70 % | 57 % | 64 % | 43 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Love | 78 % | 54 % | 65 % | 64 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Love | 82 % | 52 % | 62 % | 77 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Kristy
William Hart
Veronica
Singing Nurse
Young Fiona
Theresa
Mrs. Albright
Michael
Eliza
Mrs. Jenkins
Details
- Directed by
- Sarah Polley
- Written by
- Sarah Polley, Alice Munro
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2006
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
Where to watch
Free
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