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45 Years

Synopsis

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.
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Homage to Charlotte Rampling

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Director
Andrew Haigh
Producer
Tristan Goligher
Executive Producer
Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Sam Lavender, Tessa Ross, Richard Holmes, Vincent Gadelle, Louisa Dent, Philip Knatchbull
Editor
Jonathan Alberts
Screenwriter
Andrew Haigh (screenplay), David Constantine (short story)
Director of Photography
Lol Crawley
Production Designer
Sarah Finlay
Sound
Joakim Sundström
Principal cast
Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Bureau Film Company

2nd Floor
42 Glasshouse Street
London
W1B 5DW

Sales Company

The Match Factory

Balthasarstr. 79-81
50670 Cologne
Germany

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