Departure

Departure

109 mins | Drama, Family, Romance | May 20, 2016

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.

Departure

109 mins | Drama, Family, Romance | May 20, 2016

Departure
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers British Film Institute, Amaro Films, Connectic Studio, Motion Group Pictures
Original title Departure
Directors Pierre-Louis Turquet, Gordon McCaughley, Andrew Steggall
Writers Andrew Steggall

Cast

Juliet Stevenson

as Beatrice

Alex Lawther

as Elliot

Phénix Brossard

as Clément

Finbar Lynch

as Philip

Niamh Cusack

as Sally

Patrice Juiff

as François

Guillaume Tobo

as Butcher

Danièle Catala

as Woman at the Market