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.
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Cast
- Charlotte RamplingKate Mercer
- Tom CourtenayGeoff Mercer
- Geraldine JamesLena
- Dolly WellsSally
- David SibleyGeorge
- Sam AlexanderChris the Postman
- Richard CunninghamMr Watkins
- Hannah ChalmersTravel Agent
- Camille UcanCafé Waitress
- Rufus WrightJake
Recommendations
- 100
The Playlist
A movie so simple, so elegant, and yet so devouringly empathetic that you might not notice its full magic until a few hours later. - 100
The Guardian
It could be the finest hour for both of its lead actors. - 100
The Telegraph
This story is about whether secrets can be survived, whether the knowing or not knowing is more injurious. Haigh’s very fine, classically modulated film keeps these questions alive until literally its last shot, and lets them jangle their way through you for days afterwards. - 100
Time Out London
It’s a film of small moments and tiny gestures that leaves a very, very big impression. - 91
IndieWire
Anchored by a sensational Charlotte Rampling as its lead, the movie combines 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. - 90
Screen Daily
Beautifully observed, gently amusing and often performed with emphasis on the small things in life rather than any major dramatic incident, its focus on retrospective jealousy is an unusual and intriguing one…and offers an absorbing story that comes up with some gently profound truths. - 80
CineVue
Haigh's latest is an impressive study of a couple haunted by their past. and a potent reminder both of the fragility of love and the need to keep communication open at all times. - 80
Variety
Above all, 45 Years is a drama of quiet restraint.
