When did this take place?
It looked like early to mid 70s with the styles and automobiles. I also did not notice any cell phones. Just curious. Thank you.
shareIt would have been 2010 because they were meeting 30 years in the future and that was 2040. The dwellings were just decorated in vintage décor.
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"It would have been 2010 because they were meeting 30 years in the future and that was 2040. The dwellings were just decorated in vintage décor."
What is this about the year 2040? I missed the very beginning (when I started watching, she was on an airplane).
Is the 2040 thing true or did you make that up?
Also, as for the time-period: I believe we saw her on a laptop computer at one point, didn't we?
Remember when they were in the place having martinis? She said she wanted him to meet at a lighthouse in 30 years because after being faithful to her husband for 35 years, she deserved a kiss from him?
Then when he moved, he put that postcard in her mail slot and I believe the date on that was 2040. So, that would put the movie taking place in 2010.
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The reason the movie has a sort of "vintage" vibe is largely because of the pretentious hipster neighbourhoods of Toronto where it was shot (Google Queen West Toronto, or Bloor Annex Toronto, Beaches Toronto or Little Italy Toronto, for example). The first hour of this movie reminded me of everything I love-hate about these neighbourhoods and the people who live in them, even as I routinely savour the sights, smells and international colour the bring to the greater city. Then I realized what Polley was actually up to with the film (and the reason that "Joe's Daughter", the production entity listed at the very, very end of the closing credits, is so meaningful) and how good it was, but I still dislike self-centred people like Margot who wear their destructive ennui on their sleeve and inevitably hurt those around them who actually have their *beep* together, and this city and those neighbourhoods often seem to be full of them. Kudos to Sarah Polley for making such a character as sympathetic as she was.
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