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Sat 04 Apr 2007Polley has a crackerCanadian actor Sarah Polley, at 28, has just directed Julie Christie in a powerful film about Alzheimer's. Michael Dwyermeets her in DublinThe audience was understandably subdued and moved by the time the closing credits rolled on Away From Herat the recent Dublin International Film Festival, and quite clearly surprised when the director, Sarah Polley, came on stage afterwards. Having turned 28 this year, she is younger than anyone in her movie, which deals with the dilemma faced by a couple married for 44 years when one of them gets Alzheimer's disease.