Departure
2015 · Movie · 109 min · ★ 6.3 · 81% critics
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing to sell their remote holiday house in the South of France. As tensions rise around growing up, love, and what’s changing, a local teenager draws them into difficult conversations about what they want and what they’ve been avoiding.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-05-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (113 votes)
About
If you enjoy slow-burn European drama with emotional tension and beautiful scenery, Departure may land for you; Not for you if you want a fast, uplifting story—especially if you disliked Toast or Out.
Pros: artful performances; melancholy atmosphere; beautiful locations | Cons: slow pacing; dull characters; no growth
Themes
- love
- lgbt
Cast & crew
Juliet Stevenson
as Beatrice
Alex Lawther
as Elliot
Phénix Brossard
as Clément
Finbar Lynch
as Philip
Niamh Cusack
as Sally
Patrice Juiff
as François
- GT
Guillaume Tobo
as Butcher
- DC
Danièle Catala
as Woman at the Market
Directed by Andrew Steggall