Departure (2016)

6.3/10 109 min Drama Romance Family

Overview

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

Cast

Juliet Stevenson

Beatrice

Alex Lawther

Elliot

Phénix Brossard

Clément

Finbar Lynch

Philip

Niamh Cusack

Sally

Patrice Juiff

François

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