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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Take This Waltz, it treats romantic longing with tactile intimacy and emotional ambiguity, letting small gestures, separations, and unmet expectations carry more weight than plot mechanics.
02
Why this pick
A raw, nonjudgmental portrait of a relationship under strain, with the same willingness to sit in discomfort and examine how love can coexist with restlessness and disappointment.
03
Why this pick
Its searching heroine, bittersweet humor, and vivid urban romanticism echo Sarah Polley’s compassionate interest in desire, indecision, and the recurring hope that another life might feel complete.
04
Why this pick
A restrained, deeply observant relationship drama in which ordinary domestic routines gradually expose emotional distances, matching Take This Waltz’s patience and refusal of easy blame.
05
Why this pick
For the intoxicating pull of a new connection: this is a far more feverish, visually extravagant romance, but it shares Take This Waltz’s feeling that desire can be both liberating and destabilizing.
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01 / THE STORY
Margot, a freelance writer, meets Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator, while on a business trip, and although they immediately share some chemistry, she reveals to him that she is married. However, it turns out that Daniel is living across the street from Margot and her husband Lou in Toronto. Although Lou and Margot appear happy together, it becomes clear that Margot is not completely satisfied with her marriage, possibly aggravated by encountering Daniel. As the film progresses Margot and Daniel interact more and more until she ultimately leaves her husband to be with him. Lou is saddened, yet understanding. The audience is then shown a montage of Margot's new life with Daniel, including several brief sex scenes, though it is clear that she begins to regret leaving her husband. Geraldine, Lou's sister and a recovering alcoholic, confronts Margot (while drunk) and tells her that she should have just accepted that life has gaps and that changing relationships was not the answer.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Daniel
Geraldine
Aaron Rubin
Karen
James
Margot
Lou Rubin
