
Joseph and Brenda have done what many only dream of and retired to the South of France to live out the rest of their days as if they were permanently on holiday. But retirement is not what Joseph imagined, and when he meets a young, attractive woman, Suzanne, everything he thought he knew about himself and his world is turned upside down.... (Full plot summary below)
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Joseph and Brenda have done what many only dream of and retired to the South of France to live out the rest of their days as if they were permanently on holiday. But retirement is not what Joseph imagined, and when he meets a young, attractive woman, Suzanne, everything he thought he knew about himself and his world is turned upside down.
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| Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanA mood piece on socially inappropriate lust with moments of real drama. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonWhat seems at first an almost mundane affair becomes a devastating, unsentimental portrait of quiet desperation |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonAdroit performances abound in this ex-pat tale. Archipelago DP Ed Rutherford helps add to the Joanna Hogg-y feel, but this lacks the disquieting insights of Hogg's work. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyThe dialogue and situations simply never feel authentic. The younger characters are poorly developed and hollow. |
| The ListAlan LaidlawGilbert's full length debut isn't a complete shambles but where passion and tumult should exist, there is only a misguided intent to be found. |
| London Evening StandardCharlotte O'SullivanUnfortunately, director Virginia Gilbert doesn't trust us to handle the chill winds and opts for something that has no temperature at all. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinRutherford does lovely things with the Provençal light, but Fox is too much of a cipher to care about. |