Having acted since childhood, Canada's Sarah Polley made an incredible move to directing in 2007 with Away From Her , a drama about an elderly couple facing the realities of dementia. Even though the characters were significantly older than the then-28-year-old Polley, the film really connected with critics as well as the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which honored it with two Oscar nominations.
It's been five years and Polley is back with Take This Waltz , which is quite a stark departure, first of all because it's based on her own original screenplay rather than being adapted from a short story, but also because it features actors closer to Polley's own age. The results are quite astounding and it's a formidable follow-up to her earlier film.
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