Andrew Haigh’s quiet, two-person relationship tale won a lot of friends last year. A revelation from the past changes everything in the marriage of Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. We read the faces, read the gestures — just like we do in our own close relationships.
45 Years
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 861
2015/ Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date March 7, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley.
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Film Editor: Jonathan Alberts
Production Designer: Sarah Finlay
From the short story by David Constantine
Produced by Tristan Goligher
Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh
Most filmmakers must find a way to chop down 800-page novels and still retain some semblance of the original. Others have the opposite problem, fleshing a short story to fill a feature length movie. The classic example is Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, which is less than three thousand words in length.
45 Years
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 861
2015/ Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date March 7, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley.
Cinematography: Lol Crawley
Film Editor: Jonathan Alberts
Production Designer: Sarah Finlay
From the short story by David Constantine
Produced by Tristan Goligher
Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh
Most filmmakers must find a way to chop down 800-page novels and still retain some semblance of the original. Others have the opposite problem, fleshing a short story to fill a feature length movie. The classic example is Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, which is less than three thousand words in length.
- 3/7/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Like the film up for discussion itself, I’m going to keep this review of 45 Years very concise and heartfelt, though I’m sure with results not quite as finely wrought nor impeccably composed as director Andrew Haigh and his leading actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay were able to achieve. Much like Criterion’s release last year of Phoenix, another intimately scaled contemporary drama presented for the appreciation of perceptive adults, 45 Years is a profoundly direct and emotionally evocative portrayal of complex relational dynamics that shift suddenly and with devastating consequence when long dormant secrets unexpectedly erupt from the past. This story, of a respectable married couple preparing for a very public celebration of their forty-fifth wedding anniversary, is effectively rooted in its Norfolk, England context, but with a universal applicability that committed partners from all walks of life can readily connect with their own personal stories.
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- 3/7/2017
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
March’s slate of beloved films that are joining The Criterion Collection has something for everyone. Leading the lineup is Andrew Haigh’s drama “45 Years” starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. The Oscar-nominated film is a tale about an English couple who, on the eve of their anniversary, receive devastating news that changes the course of their lives.
The Blu-ray and DVD will feature audio commentary featuring Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher, new interviews with the cast and filmmakers, as well as a new interview with David Constantine, author of the short story on which the film is based.
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Criterion will also be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow-Up” with a restored 4K digital transfer, which includes uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. The film chronicles a...
The Blu-ray and DVD will feature audio commentary featuring Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher, new interviews with the cast and filmmakers, as well as a new interview with David Constantine, author of the short story on which the film is based.
Read More: Richard Linklater’s ‘Before’ Trilogy Finally Comes to Criterion This February, Plus Pedro Almodóvar and Kirsten Johnson Titles
Criterion will also be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow-Up” with a restored 4K digital transfer, which includes uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. The film chronicles a...
- 12/15/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Last month, The Criterion Collection finally announced their forthcoming release of Richard Linklater‘s The Before Trilogy and now with the announcement of their March titles, a few more highly-requested titles will be coming to the collection. Perhaps the most sought-after, Michelangelo Antonioni‘s English-language debut and counterculture landmark Blow-Up, will be arriving on the line-up.
Also coming is the previously teased 45 Years from Andrew Haigh, one of the finest films of last year (featuring an incredible, outside-the-box cover), as well as Hal Ashby‘s Being There, John Waters‘ Multiple Maniacs, which recently got a restored theatrical run, and Felipe Cazals‘ Canoa: A Shameful Memory.
Notable special features include a new documentaries on Blow-Up, Being There, and 45 Years, audio commentaries from Haigh and Waters, as well as a Guillermo del Toro introduction for Canoa, and a talk between the director and Alfonso Cuarón. Check out the full details for each release after the artwork.
Also coming is the previously teased 45 Years from Andrew Haigh, one of the finest films of last year (featuring an incredible, outside-the-box cover), as well as Hal Ashby‘s Being There, John Waters‘ Multiple Maniacs, which recently got a restored theatrical run, and Felipe Cazals‘ Canoa: A Shameful Memory.
Notable special features include a new documentaries on Blow-Up, Being There, and 45 Years, audio commentaries from Haigh and Waters, as well as a Guillermo del Toro introduction for Canoa, and a talk between the director and Alfonso Cuarón. Check out the full details for each release after the artwork.
- 12/15/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Because the industry loves to define by their differences any directors who aren’t straight white men, the easy takeaway from Andrew Haigh‘s exemplary work on the 2011 indie hit “Weekend” (and, later, on HBO’s “Looking”) was that the British filmmaker was talented at crafting gay love stories. With “45 Years,” though, even the most egregious pigeonholers will amend their description of Haigh as talented, period. If anything, this haunting new drama (adapted from a short story by David Constantine) spotlights the filmmaker’s skill not merely as a chronicler of contemporary gay life, but rather as a master of the two-hander:.
- 12/23/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
It was a triangle of past, present, and future when I interviewed director Andrew Haigh recently in Los Angeles. Down Sunset Blvd. from the offices where we meet is the La Film School — Haigh spent a year here “basically to get equipment in my hands” before tackling his first feature, “Greek Pete.” Across the street, you'll find the post-production house where he’s editing the upcoming series finale to “Looking,” his critically praised, underseen HBO series that ran for two seasons. And then there’s the film we’re here to discuss, “45 Years” — a dark relationship drama based on David Constantine’s short story "In Another Country" and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. On top of being a gripping follow-up to Haigh’s excellent film “Weekend,” “45 Years” also carries on the director’s thematic and structural obsessions (which he readily admits). Rampling and Courtenay play Kate and Geoff, a...
- 12/23/2015
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
The longer you talk to Charlotte Rampling, the more you are drawn into her hooded eyes, her laid back insouciance, her mature strength. This is a woman who has lived. I want to read her memoir. Based in Paris, she's worked in English with Sidney Lumet ("The Verdict"), Alan Parker ("Angel Heart"), Woody Allen ("Stardust Memories") and Lars von Trier ("Melancholia"), French with Francois Ozon (Cesar-nominated "Under the Sand" and "Swimming Pool") and Italian with directors Luchino Visconti ("The Damned") and Lilliana Cavani ("The Night Porter"). Over the course of the year "45 Years" (Sundance Selects, December 23) has been blazing a festival trail from Berlin (where Courtenay and Rampling won Best Actor and Actress) to Telluride and Toronto. Haigh adapted "45 Years" from a short story by poet David Constantine, which anticipates the anniversary of Geoff and Kate’s seemingly...
- 12/23/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The One You’re With: Haigh’s Superb Examination of Marriage and Things Left Unsaid
With imperceptible grace, 45 Years portrays the warping of a near half century marriage by a matter of degrees measured almost exclusively by acute attention to body language and facial expression. As Andrew Haigh’s third feature, the director proves to be quite astute at depictions of nuanced interactions in relationships. Without so much as a single screaming match, the filmmaker conveys the unique experiences and attitudes of a long term relationship, and provides a cinematic counterpart to something like Edward Albee’s famed disintegration into bitterness, bitchery, and alcoholism with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But at its center is the divine Charlotte Rampling as a woman who peels back the thick layer of superficiality that’s enveloped her relationship with someone she doesn’t know very well at all.
On the eve of their 45th wedding anniversary,...
With imperceptible grace, 45 Years portrays the warping of a near half century marriage by a matter of degrees measured almost exclusively by acute attention to body language and facial expression. As Andrew Haigh’s third feature, the director proves to be quite astute at depictions of nuanced interactions in relationships. Without so much as a single screaming match, the filmmaker conveys the unique experiences and attitudes of a long term relationship, and provides a cinematic counterpart to something like Edward Albee’s famed disintegration into bitterness, bitchery, and alcoholism with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But at its center is the divine Charlotte Rampling as a woman who peels back the thick layer of superficiality that’s enveloped her relationship with someone she doesn’t know very well at all.
On the eve of their 45th wedding anniversary,...
- 12/22/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
45 Years Cinetic Media Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for CompuServe ShowBiz. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B Director: Andrew Haigh Written by: Andrew Haigh from story “In Another Country” by David Constantine Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander, Richard Cunningham Screened at: Review, NYC, 9/29/15 Opens: December 23, 2015 In America fifty percent of first marriages end in divorce, sixty percent of second marriages go south, and seventy percent of third marriages go kaput. This does not mean that the people who go through the agonies of separation have failed: after all, we have our ups and downs and maybe human beings were [ Read More ]
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- 12/20/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
45 Years director Andrew Haigh Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Before my conversation with Charlotte Rampling on 45 Years at the Plaza Athénée, where Robert Redford was spotted, I spoke with Andrew Haigh, who won the Michael Powell Award at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, about an Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo connection, Max, the German Shepherd, not Max Mon Amour's chimpanzee, Bluebeard, and ghosts in the attic.
Geoff (Tom Courtenay) with Kate (Charlotte Rampling)
Rampling stars with Tom Courtenay as Kate and Geoff Mercer. Their life in rural Norfolk, without children, comfortable in their cottage, is one of routine. Kate's early walks with their dog Max start the day and a home-cooked meal, a glass of wine and a good book end it. 45 Years is based on the David Constantine short story In Another Country.
When we first meet her on the daily stroll, Kate hums Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, a meaningful...
Before my conversation with Charlotte Rampling on 45 Years at the Plaza Athénée, where Robert Redford was spotted, I spoke with Andrew Haigh, who won the Michael Powell Award at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, about an Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo connection, Max, the German Shepherd, not Max Mon Amour's chimpanzee, Bluebeard, and ghosts in the attic.
Geoff (Tom Courtenay) with Kate (Charlotte Rampling)
Rampling stars with Tom Courtenay as Kate and Geoff Mercer. Their life in rural Norfolk, without children, comfortable in their cottage, is one of routine. Kate's early walks with their dog Max start the day and a home-cooked meal, a glass of wine and a good book end it. 45 Years is based on the David Constantine short story In Another Country.
When we first meet her on the daily stroll, Kate hums Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, a meaningful...
- 12/5/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Here’s a first look at the new trailer for Andrew Haigh’s superb 45 Years.
The film presents a new take on relationships, old age, forgiveness and jealousy, from a writer/director with a unique insight into relationships. It also presents two performances from treasured stars of British cinema, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay.
Andrew Haigh’s screenplay is adapted from David Constantine’s short story “In Another Country.”
The film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. In his review, Lou Lumenick (NY Post) says Rampling delivers, “what’s possibly the best scene of her entire career. The actress has never received an Oscar nomination, but she deserves one for this performance. Courtenay, who has two Oscar nods under his belt, rates another one for helping Rampling reach this peak.”
There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s (Rampling) 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well.
The film presents a new take on relationships, old age, forgiveness and jealousy, from a writer/director with a unique insight into relationships. It also presents two performances from treasured stars of British cinema, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay.
Andrew Haigh’s screenplay is adapted from David Constantine’s short story “In Another Country.”
The film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. In his review, Lou Lumenick (NY Post) says Rampling delivers, “what’s possibly the best scene of her entire career. The actress has never received an Oscar nomination, but she deserves one for this performance. Courtenay, who has two Oscar nods under his belt, rates another one for helping Rampling reach this peak.”
There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s (Rampling) 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well.
- 10/15/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's always fun to talk to talent who are high on their movie's rapturous reception. Over the course of the year "45 Years" has been blazing a festival trail from Berlin (where stars Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling won Best Actor and Actress) and Edinburgh to Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo and finally, Telluride and Toronto. Thus Courtenay ("Quartet") and writer-director Andrew Haigh ("Weekend") were all smiles as they discussed the mysteries behind Rampling's hooded eyes and how husbands and wives behave. Haigh adapted "45 Years" from a short story by poet David Constantine, which anticipates the anniversary of Geoff and Kate’s seemingly long and happy marriage--until Geoff is sent a letter about the young woman he once loved, who died suddenly before he met Kate. Suddenly, everything changes. Geoff, it seems, had secrets. And while he seeks the support of his wife as he works through his trauma, she doesn't want to keep giving it.
- 9/25/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of lost love and missed opportunity
Superbly nuanced performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay and exquisite direction by Andrew Haigh, who also co-wrote the film, turn an apparently everyday story of a marriage in quiet crisis into something rather extraordinary. A subtle examination of the persistence of the past and the fragile (in)stability of the present, this is a portrait of a rock-solid relationship facing a fissure that cuts to its very core in the runup to the titular wedding anniversary.
The source material is David Constantine’s enigmatic short story In Another Country, in which an ageing married man receives a letter telling him that the body of his previous girlfriend has been found, perfectly preserved in the ice of the Alps where she fell 50 years ago. This news gets a chilly reception from his wife,...
Superbly nuanced performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay and exquisite direction by Andrew Haigh, who also co-wrote the film, turn an apparently everyday story of a marriage in quiet crisis into something rather extraordinary. A subtle examination of the persistence of the past and the fragile (in)stability of the present, this is a portrait of a rock-solid relationship facing a fissure that cuts to its very core in the runup to the titular wedding anniversary.
The source material is David Constantine’s enigmatic short story In Another Country, in which an ageing married man receives a letter telling him that the body of his previous girlfriend has been found, perfectly preserved in the ice of the Alps where she fell 50 years ago. This news gets a chilly reception from his wife,...
- 8/30/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling are at the top of their game in this compelling drama of lost love and missed opportunity
Superbly nuanced performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay and exquisite direction by Andrew Haigh, who also co-wrote the film, turn an apparently everyday story of a marriage in quiet crisis into something rather extraordinary. A subtle examination of the persistence of the past and the fragile (in)stability of the present, this is a portrait of a rock-solid relationship facing a fissure that cuts to its very core in the runup to the titular wedding anniversary.
The source material is David Constantine’s enigmatic short story In Another Country, in which an ageing married man receives a letter telling him that the body of his previous girlfriend has been found, perfectly preserved in the ice of the Alps where she fell 50 years ago. This news gets a chilly reception from his wife,...
Superbly nuanced performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay and exquisite direction by Andrew Haigh, who also co-wrote the film, turn an apparently everyday story of a marriage in quiet crisis into something rather extraordinary. A subtle examination of the persistence of the past and the fragile (in)stability of the present, this is a portrait of a rock-solid relationship facing a fissure that cuts to its very core in the runup to the titular wedding anniversary.
The source material is David Constantine’s enigmatic short story In Another Country, in which an ageing married man receives a letter telling him that the body of his previous girlfriend has been found, perfectly preserved in the ice of the Alps where she fell 50 years ago. This news gets a chilly reception from his wife,...
- 8/30/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrew Haigh's 45 Years stands as a rebuke to all those cosy recent comedies about the romantic escapades of mischievous Oap types. It is a very quiet film but one with a seismic kick. There is no Best Exotic Hotel-style jauntiness here. Instead, Haigh (who based the film on David Constantine's story In Another Country) shows that characters in their 70s can suffer just as acutely from jealousy, mistrust and existential angst as any star-crossed young lovers.
- 8/28/2015
- The Independent - Film
In Andrew Haigh’s intelligent and moving drama, a retired husband and wife must rethink their whole lives together following the fallout from old news
Related: Berlin 2015 review: 45 Years – the existential terror of the wedding anniversary
The terrifying persistence of the past is the theme, and the tendency of the past to seem so much more real and more vivid than anything in the present. The repressed returns – and makes the repressor look weak. This is the second time I have seen 45 Years since it made its bow at the Berlin film festival earlier this year, and it has grown in my mind, a commanding, contemplative movie from director Andrew Haigh, adapted by him from a short story by David Constantine.
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Related: Berlin 2015 review: 45 Years – the existential terror of the wedding anniversary
The terrifying persistence of the past is the theme, and the tendency of the past to seem so much more real and more vivid than anything in the present. The repressed returns – and makes the repressor look weak. This is the second time I have seen 45 Years since it made its bow at the Berlin film festival earlier this year, and it has grown in my mind, a commanding, contemplative movie from director Andrew Haigh, adapted by him from a short story by David Constantine.
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- 8/27/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Tender, heartbreaking and endlessly engaging, the third feature by the hand of one of England's most intriguing directors is one of the must-see films of the year. Andrew Haigh's 45 Years (2015) is a quiet study of a seemingly comfortable marriage torn apart by the slow unravelling of a shelved moment. With a spotlight on the superlative performances of Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, what Haigh crafts for the screen is something akin to near perfection. There is never a wasted moment, never a spare second left to boredom. Haigh has taken David Constantine's short story - a mere twelve pages in print - and expanded the world while managing to distil every beat to crystalline clarity.
- 8/26/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The British director won acclaim with his 2011 drama Weekend, about a fleeting love affair between two men. His new film, 45 Years, stars Charlotte Rampling and tells the moving story of an elderly couple facing marital crisis. Here he talks about relationships, identity, and the hard slog of making it in the movies
It could be used as a new critical yardstick: how long does a film stay with you after you leave the cinema? Can it be dismissed in the time it takes to wipe a cheek with a handkerchief? Director and writer Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, based on a story by David Constantine, is in that rare category of films that continues to move, is subtly shattering and does not loosen its hold. It is about a couple in their 70s, outstandingly played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, who are about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when...
It could be used as a new critical yardstick: how long does a film stay with you after you leave the cinema? Can it be dismissed in the time it takes to wipe a cheek with a handkerchief? Director and writer Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, based on a story by David Constantine, is in that rare category of films that continues to move, is subtly shattering and does not loosen its hold. It is about a couple in their 70s, outstandingly played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, who are about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when...
- 8/9/2015
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Based on a short story by David Constantine, British director Andrew Haigh's poignant drama 45 Years (2015) is led by two terrific central performances from Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling. Kate and Geoff are preparing for their forty-fifth wedding anniversary. They have no children and live in a small rural village near the Norfolk Broads. They seem content with their lot and are happy together; they still talk about serious matters, laugh and attempt to have sex. Then Geoff receives a letter informing him that the body of his first girlfriend, Katya, missing for fifty years after a hiking accident, has been found frozen in the Swiss Alps.
- 6/27/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay takes best British film prize at Edinburgh, with Diary of a Teenage Girl nabbing best international feature
The top prize at the Edinburgh international film festival, the Michael Powell award for best British feature film, has gone to 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh.
Written by Haigh and David Constantine, 45 Years stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a married couple whose relationship is thrown into turmoil on the eve of their 45th wedding anniversary. Described by Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw as “a wonderfully acted minor-key study in anxiety and regret”, it is Haigh’s third feature. Previous winners include Penny Woolcock’s One Mile Away, Duncan Jones’ Moon and Anton Corbijn’s Control.
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The top prize at the Edinburgh international film festival, the Michael Powell award for best British feature film, has gone to 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh.
Written by Haigh and David Constantine, 45 Years stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a married couple whose relationship is thrown into turmoil on the eve of their 45th wedding anniversary. Described by Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw as “a wonderfully acted minor-key study in anxiety and regret”, it is Haigh’s third feature. Previous winners include Penny Woolcock’s One Mile Away, Duncan Jones’ Moon and Anton Corbijn’s Control.
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- 6/26/2015
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Among our most anticipated foreign films (#27) for 2015, along with Pablo Larraín’s The Club, Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years has turned out to be among the most buzzed items at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. With trophyware not yet handed out, Variety reports that IFC’s Arianna Bocco has snagged the North American distrib rights for the Sundance Selects label.
Gist: Based on the short story by David Constantine and adapted by Haigh, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay portray a couple in the middle of preparations for her 45th wedding anniversary when he receives news that the body of his old girlfriend, who died years earlier in a fatal accident in the Swiss Alps, has finally been found.
Worth Noting: Haigh was an assistant editor Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and Black Hawk Down prior to embarking on his debut short films.
Do We Care?: We’ve been keeping close...
Gist: Based on the short story by David Constantine and adapted by Haigh, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay portray a couple in the middle of preparations for her 45th wedding anniversary when he receives news that the body of his old girlfriend, who died years earlier in a fatal accident in the Swiss Alps, has finally been found.
Worth Noting: Haigh was an assistant editor Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and Black Hawk Down prior to embarking on his debut short films.
Do We Care?: We’ve been keeping close...
- 2/12/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to the Berlinale selection 45 Years starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. Separately, The Orchard has acquired Cartel Land while monterey media will release Runoff.
Andrew Haigh directed and adapted the screenplay from the short story by David Constantine about a couple whose 45th anniversary celebrations are stymied when the body of the man’s former girlfriend is found frozen in ice 50 years after her death in the Swiss Alps.
Tristan Goligher of London-based The Bureau produce, while the executive producers are Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Sam Lavender, Tessa Ross, Richard Holmes and Vincent Gadelle.
The BFI, Film4 and Creative England financed 45 Years and Film4 and the BFI jointly developed the film.
IFC distributed Haigh’s 2011 SXSW entry Weekend.
Arianna Bocco brokered the deal with Match Factory on behalf of the film-makers.
The Orchard has acquired North American theatrical and digital rights to Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land, winner of the...
Andrew Haigh directed and adapted the screenplay from the short story by David Constantine about a couple whose 45th anniversary celebrations are stymied when the body of the man’s former girlfriend is found frozen in ice 50 years after her death in the Swiss Alps.
Tristan Goligher of London-based The Bureau produce, while the executive producers are Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Sam Lavender, Tessa Ross, Richard Holmes and Vincent Gadelle.
The BFI, Film4 and Creative England financed 45 Years and Film4 and the BFI jointly developed the film.
IFC distributed Haigh’s 2011 SXSW entry Weekend.
Arianna Bocco brokered the deal with Match Factory on behalf of the film-makers.
The Orchard has acquired North American theatrical and digital rights to Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land, winner of the...
- 2/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Selects has snapped up North American rights to Andrew Haigh’s Berlinale premiere "45 Years." Based on the short story by David Constantine and adapted by Haigh, the film stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. Rampling plays a woman in the middle of preparing for her 45th wedding anniversary when the body of her husband's past girlfriend, who died 50 years ago in a fatal accident in the Swiss Alps, is found. While he grapples with old memories, she tries to suppress her jealousy and anxiety over the news. Critics are saying this is Rampling's career-best performance, with Indiewire calling the film "a quietly moving and deceptively tragic look at aging romance haunted by past mysteries." Haigh exploded onto the scene with 2011 SXSW-premiering gay romance "Weekend" before going on to executive produce the HBO series "Looking," about four gay friends kicking it in present-day San Francisco. "45 Years" was produced by...
- 2/12/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
It's only been four years since British writer-director-producer Andrew Haigh came out of seemingly nowhere to floor the world with his sophomore feature "Weekend," which first premiered at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and soon went on to become one of the most acclaimed gay-themed films of all time. He's since helped launch HBO's comedy-drama television series "Looking," which is currently in the midst of its second season and directed his third feature, "45 Years," starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. The devastating drama, playing in competition at the still underway Berlin International Film Festival, stars the two screen icons as a long-married couple whose relationship is put under severe stress following the discovery of the body of the husband's long lost first love. The film is based on a short story by poet David Constantine. Indiewire spoke with Haigh in Berlin shorty following the film's world premiere. Caught.
- 2/11/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Before he created the HBO show "Looking," writer-director Andrew Haigh showed a refined talent for capturing the nuances of a young relationship with his tender gay romance "Weekend." Following that up in between the first two seasons of "Looking," Haigh furthers his unique ability to explore the deeper meanings beneath gentle exchanges with much older, more melancholic characters in "45 Years." Anchored by a sensational Charlotte Rampling as its lead, the movie combines Haigh's perceptive style with shades of Mike Leigh's "Another Year" to create a quietly moving and deceptively tragic look at aging romance haunted by past mysteries. Based on a short story by David Constantine, "45 Years" revolves around a single metaphorically-charged hook and runs with it. The movie stars Rampling as Kate, a woman who lives in the British countryside with her longtime husband Geoff (Tom Courtenay) and has plans for them to celebrate...
- 2/6/2015
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling excel as a married couple with much to ponder over as they reach 45 years together, in director Andrew Haigh’s follow-up to Weekend
William Faulker’s line about the past not being dead or even the past applies to this new movie from Andrew Haigh (who directed the Nottingham-set drama, Weekend). It is a wonderfully acted minor-key study in anxiety and regret, about a wintry crisis in the relationship of a retired couple played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. The film, based on a short story by David Constantine, is composed with rigour and exactitude and performed with a repressed, heartfelt passion. Courtenay, in particular, gives us what might actually be his finest hour. The couple’s lives together are shown in dialogue scenes interleaved with silent panoramic shots of the vast and slightly featureless East Anglian landscape; these do not cleanse the palate exactly,...
William Faulker’s line about the past not being dead or even the past applies to this new movie from Andrew Haigh (who directed the Nottingham-set drama, Weekend). It is a wonderfully acted minor-key study in anxiety and regret, about a wintry crisis in the relationship of a retired couple played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. The film, based on a short story by David Constantine, is composed with rigour and exactitude and performed with a repressed, heartfelt passion. Courtenay, in particular, gives us what might actually be his finest hour. The couple’s lives together are shown in dialogue scenes interleaved with silent panoramic shots of the vast and slightly featureless East Anglian landscape; these do not cleanse the palate exactly,...
- 2/6/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"45 Years"It's been four years since Andrew Haigh blew us away with his SXSW award-winning love story "Weekend." He's since helped launch the HBO show "Looking," which is also fantastic, so anticipation is high for his follow-up feature "45 Years" to deliver. The filmmaker is tackling a very different type of story in "45 Years," by adapting a short story by poet David Constantine about a long-married couple's relationship that's put under severe stress by the discovery of the body of the husband's long lost first love. With Charlotte Rampling headlining his cast, Haigh is in good hands. This has the makings of something special. "Aferim!"Romanian director Radu Jude's dark comedy of domestic abuse, "Everybody in Our Family," was a sleeper hit on the festival circuit following its Berlin premiere in 2012. Now he returns to the festival with a far more sophisticated effort, the period drama...
- 2/5/2015
- by Eric Kohn and Nigel M. Smith
- Indiewire
"45 Years" Director: Andrew Haigh Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay Release Date: Tbd; February premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival Why We're Excited: It's been four years since Andrew Haigh blew us away with his SXSW award-winning love story "Weekend." He's since helped launch the HBO show "Looking," which is also fantastic, so anticipation is high for his follow-up feature "45 Years" to deliver. The filmmaker is tackling a very different type of story in "45 Years," by adapting a short story by poet David Constantine about a long-married couple's relationship that's put under severe stress by the discovery of the body of the husband's long lost first love. With Charlotte Rampling headlining his cast, Haigh is in good hands. This has the makings of something special. "A Hologram for the King" Director: Tom TykwerCast: Tom Hanks, Tom Skeritt, Sarita ChoudhuryRelease Date: TBDWhy We're Excited: After two...
- 1/12/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
45 Years
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend, considered by many to be one of the most accurate and well told modern examples of what challenges and joys accompany the promise of a romantic connection between gay men (and went on to snag a spot in the Criterion collection). Since then, Haigh has directed seven episodes of the prolific HBO series “Looking.” His latest, 45 Years, concerns a heterosexual couple played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. A mysterious letter arrives announcing that the body of the husband’s first love has been found frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. We’re assuming that there’s more of a secret to be revealed and this sounds an awful lot like something we’d expect...
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend, considered by many to be one of the most accurate and well told modern examples of what challenges and joys accompany the promise of a romantic connection between gay men (and went on to snag a spot in the Criterion collection). Since then, Haigh has directed seven episodes of the prolific HBO series “Looking.” His latest, 45 Years, concerns a heterosexual couple played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. A mysterious letter arrives announcing that the body of the husband’s first love has been found frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. We’re assuming that there’s more of a secret to be revealed and this sounds an awful lot like something we’d expect...
- 1/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: New feature from Weekend director Andrew Haigh has just finished shooting.
UK distributor Curzon has swooped to acquire 45 Years, the new feature from Andrew Haigh (Weekend, Looking).
The film, sold in Cannes by Match Factory and produced by the Bureau Film Company, has just finished shooting
45 Years was financed by the BFI Film Fund, Film4 and Creative England and co-developed by Film4 and the BFI. The film was shot over six weeks on location in Norfolk.
Starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay in their first on-screen collaboration, the film follows Kate Mercer (Rampling) in the five days leading up to her forty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The planning for the party is going well, but then a letter arrives for her husband (Tom Courtenay). 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...
UK distributor Curzon has swooped to acquire 45 Years, the new feature from Andrew Haigh (Weekend, Looking).
The film, sold in Cannes by Match Factory and produced by the Bureau Film Company, has just finished shooting
45 Years was financed by the BFI Film Fund, Film4 and Creative England and co-developed by Film4 and the BFI. The film was shot over six weeks on location in Norfolk.
Starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay in their first on-screen collaboration, the film follows Kate Mercer (Rampling) in the five days leading up to her forty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The planning for the party is going well, but then a letter arrives for her husband (Tom Courtenay). 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...
- 5/15/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
"Weekend" director Andrew Haigh, who has been taking on helming and executive producing duties on the HBO series "Looking," has a new project in the works. Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are set to star Haigh's "45 Years," which is eyeing a spring start date. Per Variety, the film follows one Kate Mercer (Rampling) in the five days leading up to her 45th wedding anniversary. All is fine until an unnerving letter arrives from her husband: the body of Kate's first lover has been found frozen and perfectly preserved in a glacier in the Swiss Alps. This of course sets an altogether different mood for the imminent wedding anniversary. The story was adapted by Haigh from a short story by poet David Constantine. Rampling was nominated for a Primetime Emmy last year for "Restless," and her recent big-screen credits include Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" and Bille August's "Night Train to Lisbon,...
- 2/13/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay have been cast in 45 Years.
Weekend director Andrew Haigh is adapting the film from a short story by David Constantine, reports Variety.
It centres around a couple preparing for their 45th anniversary party.
But when the body of the husband's first love is discovered, frozen and preserved in the Swiss Alps, suddenly it looks as if they might not make it to their anniversary.
British writer-director Haigh recently debuted his HBO show Looking.
Rampling was recently seen in The Sea, Jeune & Jolie and Night Train to Lisbon, in which Courtenay also appeared.
45 Years will enter into production in the spring.
Weekend director Andrew Haigh is adapting the film from a short story by David Constantine, reports Variety.
It centres around a couple preparing for their 45th anniversary party.
But when the body of the husband's first love is discovered, frozen and preserved in the Swiss Alps, suddenly it looks as if they might not make it to their anniversary.
British writer-director Haigh recently debuted his HBO show Looking.
Rampling was recently seen in The Sea, Jeune & Jolie and Night Train to Lisbon, in which Courtenay also appeared.
45 Years will enter into production in the spring.
- 2/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Acting legends Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are set to star in "Weekend" filmmaker and "Looking" producer Andrew Haigh's "45 Years" at BFI Film Fund, Film4, The Bureau and Creative England.
Haigh adapted the screenplay from a short story by the poet David Constantine. The story follows the five days leading up to a couple's 45th wedding anniversary.
Planning for a lavish party comes to a halt when a letter arrives for the husband indicating that 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 arrives, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate. Tristan Goligher is producing and filming begins this Spring.
Source: Variety...
Haigh adapted the screenplay from a short story by the poet David Constantine. The story follows the five days leading up to a couple's 45th wedding anniversary.
Planning for a lavish party comes to a halt when a letter arrives for the husband indicating that 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 arrives, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate. Tristan Goligher is producing and filming begins this Spring.
Source: Variety...
- 2/12/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While we don't know what the exact definition of "making it" is, we're pretty sure that once you graduate to working with Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, it's something to be proud of. And certainly, for rising director Andrew Haigh—the man behind arthouse hit "Weekend," and the current HBO series "Looking"—he can qualify as having "made it." Indeed, Rampling and Courtenay will star in "45 Years" from the writer/director. Based on the short story by David Constantine, the story "follows Kate Mercer in the five days leading up to her 45th wedding anniversary. 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.
- 2/11/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The title story of Tea at the Midland is very short but gives us all we need to know about an adulterous couple in the process of breaking up. They sit beside a plate-glass window in the restaurant of the Midland Hotel. Isolated from the ferociously windy day outside, the sky "torn and holed by the wind", their urgent and bitter talk contrasts with the sheer physical joy and freedom of the wind surfers on the sea. In miniature, the story encapsulates the themes that distinguish David Constantine's fourth collection of stories.
- 1/9/2013
- The Independent - Film
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