45 Years

2016 • 95 minutes

About this movie

Kate Mercer is planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff, containing news that the body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps.

Kate continues to prepare for the party, but she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff's preoccupation with the letter and the startling revelations about his former life. As their anniversary gets closer, and they delve further into the past, their future is left in question.

Anchored by sensational performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, 45 YEARS is an intimate, moving and beautiful portrait of a marriage shaken to its core by things left unspoken. Winning Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival, 45 YEARS is British film-making at its very best. 2014 The Bureau Film Company Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation and the British Film Institute.

Ratings and reviews

I watched this movie on a whim while traveling. It's slow but ever so sure....... especially meaningful to anyone married for a long time who may have the odd thing from your past you'd never mentioned to your spouse because it might change everything..............then, one day....... (Not a movie for the action genre fans. It requires some thought and emotional intelligence.)

The window of life for most people over 65 who have loved and lost as well as those who stayed and won. A marvelous and moving film ,acting superb. I have related to it all. Must see. 5/5

I found the storyline very weak , and boring .