Cinema: 45 years

Dir: Andrew Haigh; UK 2014; 93 mins; Cert: TBC

Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine James, Tom Courtenay

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.

Anchored by a sensational Charlotte Rampling as its lead, the movie combines director Haigh’s perceptive style with shades of Mike Leigh’s Another Year to create a quietly moving and deceptively tragic look at aging romance haunted by past mysteries.

It’s a film of small moments and tiny gestures that leaves a very, very big impression. – Time Out

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