In, which marked Polley’s directorial debut — she also received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay — Pinsent played Grant Anderson, an Ontario man whose wife slowly loses all memory of him while becoming involved with another resident at her nursing home.
Pinsent’s wife of 45 years, actress Charmion King, died in 2007 after a long battle with emphysema. She suggested he take the role, and he won the last of his three Genie Awards for his heartbreaking performance. [His wife’s illness] “was something I wasn’t necessarily drawing on except in the general sense of how anyone must feel at a certain time of life after spending so many years with a partner,” he
What an honour it was to work with him - a legend and great gentleman
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Brilliant Actor. Canadian Treasure. Fantastic in Away from her.