A 2006 Canadian Drama written and directed by Sarah Polley that follows a man (Gordon Pinsent) trying to cope with his wife's (Julie Christie) Alzheimer's disease and her subsequent institutionalization.
The movie also stars Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thompson, Wendy Crewson, Nina Dobrev, Clare Coulter, Thomas Hauff, Alberta Watson, Grace Lynn Kung, Melanie Merkosky, and Catherine Fitch.
It was released on September 11, 2006.
Tropes for the film:
- The Film of the Book: Based on Alice Munro's short story The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Grant's wife Fiona is placed in a residential facility after developing Alzheimer's. While there, she forgets who Grant is and develops a relationship with another man, Aubrey. Grant is devastated at first, but when Aubrey is discharged and Fiona begins to pine away for him and deteriorate, he attempts to arrange for Aubrey to return and see Fiona again.
- Scatterbrained Senior: The plot is about Grant, who is forced to check his wife into a nursing home due to her rapidly advancing dementia, and he has to watch while she forgets him completely, and strikes up a romance with another resident.
- Tagline: "It's never too late to become what you might have been".
