---
title: 'Away from Her (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sarah Polley'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/away-from-her-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491747/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Away from Her (2006)

2006 · 110 min · Drama · Canada


## Synopsis

Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, and Kristen Thomson are featured in supporting roles. The feature film directorial debut of Polley, it is based on Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain", from the 2001 collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sarah Polley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-polley)
- **Screenplay:** [Sarah Polley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-polley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonathan Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Daniel Iron](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-iron), [Jennifer Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-weiss), [Simone Urdl](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-urdl)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luc Montpellier](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-montpellier)
- **Editor:** [David Wharnsby](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wharnsby)

## Cast

- [Michael Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-murphy)
- [Clare Coulter](https://cinepixo.com/people/clare-coulter)
- [Julie Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-christie)
- [Nina Dobrev](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-dobrev)
- [Olympia Dukakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/olympia-dukakis)
- [Wendy Crewson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-crewson)
- [Kristen Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristen-thomson)
- [Alberta Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberta-watson)
- [Gordon Pinsent](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-pinsent)
- [Melanie Merkosky](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-merkosky)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/away-from-her-2006
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