
The setting is the Riviera in autumn. A retired English businessman (Sir Dirk Bogarde) has just been through heart surgery, but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects. During his recuperation, Caroline (Jane Birkin), his adult daughter, comes from Paris to be with him and her mother, Miche (Odette Laure), and she and her father begin to communicate as adults for the first time.... (Full plot summary below)
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The setting is the Riviera in autumn. A retired English businessman (Sir Dirk Bogarde) has just been through heart surgery, but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects. During his recuperation, Caroline (Jane Birkin), his adult daughter, comes from Paris to be with him and her mother, Miche (Odette Laure), and she and her father begin to communicate as adults for the first time.
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| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerSlow paced, dialogue-full, this elegy on aging and evaluating relationships as an end approaches has its moments. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenWhen was the last time you saw a movie that was quiet, intimate, tender? That let you explore your feelings about the characters without hanging moral signposts around their necks? |
| User ReviewDalmar HDirk Bogarde's last film and a stellar performance. The relationship between the ascerbic and yet frightened father and the estranged daughter (Jane Birkin) is truly moving - an account of unspoken love and repressed emotion. There could be no better legacy to this talented actor. |