Bright Days Ahead
2013 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 6.0 · 73% critics
After retiring, a woman finds her new freedom less exciting than expected and reluctantly joins a local seniors club. There, new friendships and an unexpected romance push her to question routine, rediscover desire, and imagine a different kind of future.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Beaux Jours
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-06-19
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (78 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy French relationship dramas about reinvention, desire, and later-life change, with a light, bittersweet mood; Not for you if you want fast pacing, big surprises, or strongly moral storytelling.
Pros: warm, elegant tone; strong lead performance; fresh take on aging | Cons: familiar affair story; thin emotional depth; somewhat predictable
Themes
- infidelity
- dentist
- woman director
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Actress · 2014 · nominated
Cast & crew
Fanny Ardant
as Caroline
Laurent Lafitte
as Julien
Patrick Chesnais
as Philippe
Jean-François Stévenin
as Roger
Fanny Cottençon
as Chantal
Catherine Lachens
as Sylviane
Alain Cauchi
as Jacky
Marie Rivière
as Jocelyne
Olivia Côte
as Lydia - la prof de théâtre
Émilie Caen
as L'hôtesse des Beaux Jours
Directed by Marion Vernoux