Sarah Polley on TAKE THIS WALTZ, TIFF 2022

Sarah Polley followed up Away from Her, and firmly established herself as a writerdirector, with this funny, moving drama that questions the value and sustainability of longterm relationships. Twentyeightyearold freelance writer Margot (fourtime Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams) is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a goodnatured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby) while on a work trip, their mutual attraction is obvious and immediate. To make matters even more complicated, it turns out that Daniel lives across the street. The two begin spending time together and try to restrain themselves from doing things they might regret, but the sweltering Toronto summer has a way of making certain desires more urgent. There are no easy answers here, no heroes or villains. The emotional texture of the performances perhaps most surprisingly from Rogen, whose depth of feeling proves as potent as his gift for comedy only heightens the films complex dance of love. Borro