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.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 33 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, 2015
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Andrew Haigh
- Screenplay
- Andrew Haigh
- Cinematography
- Lol Crawley
- Cast
- Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Berlin Film Festival
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
Director
Andrew Haigh
Andrew Haigh, born in England in 1973, worked in the editing department on films as diverse as Ridley Scott’s Gladiator to Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely for many years. He has made a number of short films that have played at festivals worldwide including Berlinale, Edinburgh, Nashville and London. His first feature, the award winning Greek Pete was released in both the UK and the US in 2010. In 2012, Scanorama screened award-winning film Weekend. Past few years he worked as a writer, director and executive producer on the HBO series Looking.
