45 Years - Trailer

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It doesn't matter how long or how happy a marriage is, all of them have the potential to be flaked with bitter feelings of jealousy and heartbreak. Kate and Geoff Mercer are about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, and on the outside it seems they couldn't be happier as a couple. However, just days before their big celebration, Geoff receives a letter explaining how the body of his missing first love has finally been found, preserved in the glaciers of the Swiss Alps. He is forced to face feelings he had buried deep for so many years, while Kate finds herself inexorably consumed in a desperate competition with a dead woman, torn between feelings of sympathy for her husband, fear for her marriage and guilty for her feelings of resentment. The experience throws into question their romantic future, as they realise they must both shine a light on the dark shadow that has always stayed with them.

'45 Years' is a heart-wrenchingly emotional drama, uniquely centring on an older married couple and their difficulties. It has been directed and written by the award-winning Andrew Haigh ('Weekend', 'Greek Pete'), alongside David Constantine on whose short story ('In Another Country') the film is based, and it has already seen two Silver Berlin Bear wins at the Berlin International Film Festival. It is set to be released in the UK on August 28th 2015.