One for the Road

One for the Road

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 23, 2009

Herve, the head of a press agency, is traveling fast down a road headed in only one direction: self-destruction. He is an alcoholic, and his drinking is wrecking his marriage, family and career. In desperation and still in denial, he checks into a detox clinic in Geneva, his last-chance saloon. There he meets a group of fellow sufferers and one person in particular, a young woman named Magali, who help him to see life other than through the bottom of an empty bottle.

One for the Road

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 23, 2009

One for the Road
Herve, the head of a press agency, is traveling fast down a road headed in only one direction: self-destruction. He is an alcoholic, and his drinking is wrecking his marriage, family and career. In desperation and still in denial, he checks into a detox clinic in Geneva, his last-chance saloon. There he meets a group of fellow sufferers and one person in particular, a young woman named Magali, who help him to see life other than through the bottom of an empty bottle.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Wild Bunch, Pan-Européenne, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Original title Le Dernier pour la route
Directors Stéphane Manaranche, Hubert Engammare, Philippe Godeau
Writers Agnès de Sacy, Philippe Godeau

Cast

François Cluzet

as Hervé Chabalier

Mélanie Thierry

as Magali

Michel Vuillermoz

as Pierre

Anne Consigny

as Agnès

Éric Naggar

as Gunther

Marilyne Canto

as Carol

Bernard Campan

as Marc

Lionnel Astier

as Jean-Marie

Eva Mazauric

as Kris

Riton Liebman

as Martin

Arthur Moncla

as Thomas

Ninon Brétécher

as Sandra

Philippe du Janerand

as Docteur Marcus