Sarah Polley Away From Her
In her feature film debut as a writer-director, the Canadian actress creates an astonishing portrait of a couple confronting change in the winter of their marriage.
By Daniel Nemet-Nejat
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/sarah_polley_away_from_her_20080122/
After becoming a child star in her native Canada, Sarah Polley captured the attention of the world with her quietly powerful performance as a paralyzed girl in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. Now she's making her feature film debut as a writer-director and, true to form, her choice of subject matter is against the grain.