Britrish Film 45 YEARS Starring Charlotte Rampling

British actress Charlotte Rampling (b. 1946) is a well recognized face from screen and print.  She is a fine actress who doesn't mind allowing the lines of aging to show.  In this dawdling film Rampling plays Kate married to Jeff (Tom Courtenay.)  The comfortable couple are about to have their 45th wedding anniversary.  They live somewhere in the solitude of the country.  They've retired and grown staid.  Kate notes how they've "forgotten the things in life that make you happy."  Their banal, bucolic companionship takes a seismic shift after Jeff receives a letter informing him that the body of the woman whom he "would have married" if she hadn't died in a horrific accident when they were in their early 20's.  Tom is sure he's mentioned to Kate about Katrina even though this was before they had met.  However, he failed to delve into any meaningful detail about this relationship.  This movie moves at a snails pace.  The days are enumerated to provide some sense of momentum towards their big celebration.  The acting by Rampling & Courtenay is something to cheer & celebrate.  They give heartfelt credible performances of a couple seemingly in tune with one another, until they're not.  The burning question is how well can a person really know another.  Or, how willing is a person to really share themselves with another person.  The musical score is notably Amer pop from the 60's, a time when Kate/Jeff were young & 1st in love. Tom toasts his wife by saying "The choices made when young are very important."  This thoughtful film is not geared for a young demographic but should be well received & appreciated by a mature audience.