45 Years
- Director: Andrew Haigh
- Writer: David Constantine; Andrew Haigh
- Producer: Rachel Dargavel; Tristan Goligher
CGiii Comment
Andrew Haigh has come a long way...
Regretfully, he seems to have trundled into a blind alley and doesn't seem too concerned about getting out.
Looking was cancelled due to dwindling ratings...with critics and audiences alike declaring it to be...for want of a better word...boring.
45 Years is even more so...2 mighty names loiter and limp through a script that can only be described as...there is no better word...ludicrous.
The body of the aging husband's ex-girlfriend has been discovered, perfectly preserved after decades, in a glacier. His wife is miffed as he considers going to re-kindle his historic romance...now, that may sound baffling...wait for it...she's still in the glacier...deemed unrecoverable?!?
Stupid...bemusing...dumb. Incredulous.
Haigh's career is looking mightily precarious after this foray into the non-LGBT arena...alas, his productions do have one thing in common - glacially slow.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Charlotte Rampling as Kate Mercer;
Geraldine James as Lena;
Tom Courtenay as Geoff Mercer;
Dolly Wells as Charlotte;
Sam Alexander as Chris the postman;
Richard Cunningham as Mr. Watkins;
David Sibley as George;
Hannah Chalmers;
Max Rudd as Maitre d';
Michelle Finch as Niece;
Camille Ucan as Cafe waitress;
Martin Atkinson as The Smoking Chef;
Kevin Matadeen as Waiter;
Charles Booth as Jewellery shop Manager;
Rachel Banham as Waitress