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45 Years

With only a week remaining before Kate Mercer marks her 45th wedding anniversary, preparations for the celebration are progressing smoothly. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is held five days later, there may be no marriage left to celebrate.

Director(s)

Andrew Haigh

Julia Chiavetta

Gareth Tandy

Cast & Crew

Rufus Wright

Rufus Wright

Jake

Geraldine James

Geraldine James

Lena

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Kate Mercer

Gareth Tandy

Gareth Tandy

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Richard Cunningham

Richard Cunningham

Mr Watkins

Dolly Wells

Dolly Wells

Sally

David Sibley

David Sibley

George

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Geoff Mercer

Sam Alexander

Sam Alexander

Chris the Postman

Hannah Chalmers

Hannah Chalmers

Travel Agent

Andrew Haigh

Andrew Haigh

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Julia Chiavetta

Julia Chiavetta

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Camille Ucan

Camille Ucan

Café Waitress

Details

GenresDrama, Romance
Runtime1h 35 mins
Released on29 May 2015
Languageen
Produced InUnited Kingdom
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Reviews

mattwilde123

9/10

'45 Years' is a brilliant film. It was very well acted and so tense. The way each scene was shot and the cinematography was beautiful. ★★★★½

Reno

7/10

> Some secrets need to be left untouched for good. This little British romance-drama was not expected by everyone. Without Charlotte Rampling's Oscars nominee for the lead role, it would have been an easily forgotten. Because it is very slow, the story is just okay, but the performances are the saviour IMO. At this age, Charlotte Rampling was looking so good on the screen, her youthful costume was maybe the reason. The story of a long married couple, the whole movie takes place on the eve of their 45th anniversary celebration. A week to go for their big day, the wife discovers some hidden secret by her hubby. While digging it only gets bigger, but how it would affect their present relationship was told quite interestingly. It was only a single perspective tale, so the detail on the other side are not briefed to us that well. But everything was quite understandable. In some relationship, some secret needs to be left untouched for good, only if it is not hurting anybody. Life is a long journey if you're an old and to look back your path. What happened a long time ago is not to be judged for the in between timeline events. In someone's perspective, some past incidents are fair. The beauty of this drama is simply lies how smoothly narrated this complicated issue between a husband and wife. Because even if you're not a regular movie goer, still you can name a couple of similar titles, but how unique this was when comparing with those is that's where it betters. It was not so good, but much better in many ways, in its own way. 7/10

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