45 years (2015)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Andrew Haigh
	Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay
	Country: GB
	Genre: Romance, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 03.08.2015, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview
Synopsis: There is just one week until Kate Mercer's (Rampling) 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband Geoff (Courtenay). The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. As Geoff is affected by this discovery, Kate is affected by the love she sees in him for that first love.
Review: The plot is an excellent idea. And the acting is very subtle. But the movie is extremely slow. The plot is almost the only event occurring in the movie. Thus it seems far too long. Worse than a Japanese drama! Or maybe it is a problem of generation. The rythm might reflect the rythm of life when people are in their 70's like in the movie. But it was very disturbing to me.  The contrast between this boredom and the numerous qualities of the movie is extreme. Therefore the rating cannot go too far down but neither to the 6/10 that would have got a 40 minutes version of the movie.
Rating: 3 /10