Showing 20th March. 2017
45 Years (2015)
15 USA 1hr 35mins Romance/Drama IMDb rating 7.1/10
Director – Andrew Haigh
Cast – Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtney, Geraldine James
Kate and Geoff live a quiet and seemingly normal life in the country until Geoff receives a letter informing him that the body an old girlfriend, whom he travelled through Switzerland with, but was lost in climbing accident, has been found preserved in a glacier of ice.
This happened before he met Charlotte Rampling's Kate, who immediately raises her eyebrows at the clarity in which Geoff, played by Tom Courtenay, recalls his time in the Swiss Alps.
She's more concerned with arranging the party for her anniversary than digging up the past, but that's what spurs Geoff into life, as he picks up old habits and develops a fascination with his loft. In stark contrast, suspicion and jealously soon begins to grow in Kate, who feels pushed aside in favour of someone she didn't even know.
It's set in the Norfolk Broads, after all, but Kate and Geoff's country cottage could be the house of Usher given the secrets that lie beneath. The performances are exemplary, of course, whilst the staging and framing is that of a director at the top of his game. Both visually and with regards to the diegetic soundtrack that tells the story of this couple's life. But how much of that was defined by Geoff's dead girlfriend? own conclusions.
The AGM of Linlithgow Film Society will precede the showing of the film.
Audience Reaction
Linlithgow Film Society Rating out of 10 4.3
Excellent 4 Very Good 8 Good 25 Fair 17 Poor 8
