Five years after winning over audiences worldwide with her directorial debut, AWAY FROM HER, Sarah Polley returns to the director’s chair with proof that her previous success was only the beginning. Her follow-up, TAKE THIS WALTZ, is an unflinching look at all sides of modern love, one that is alternately endearing, erotic, funny and heart-wrenching.

Michelle Williams (BLUE VALENTINE, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) is Margot, a seemingly happily married woman who, after a chance encounter at the airport, finds herself torn between her doting husband (Seth Rogen, of KNOCKED UP and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS) and her rickshaw-driving neighbour (Luke Kirby, in a breakout performance). It’s a choice between the excitement of new love and the comfort of a long-established relationship, and as in real life, Polley’s script refuses to reduce the decision to something as simple as right and wrong. Even more than the keenly observed dialogue, stellar performances (including comedian Sarah Silverman in a supporting role) and consistently inventive cinematography, what elevates

TAKE THIS WALTZ is the remarkable chemistry between Williams and her two leading men. Both relationships are beyond just believable – the emotional connections between the actors are almost tangible. The result is an exploration of love that is unafraid to admit the answers are rarely obvious, and it is all the more affecting for that.

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