Le Bel Âge

Le Bel Âge

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 2009

At 18, Claire is torn between swim practice and the pangs of first love. The elderly and eccentric Maurice Reverdy takes her in in his big house, but the girl carefully avoids this faraway figure, who is none other than her grandfather. Proud, rebellious, solitary, they represent two generations that are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by one another. Their lives will intertwine, as one seeks out her future and the other is tormented by his past.

Le Bel Âge

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 2009

Le Bel Âge
At 18, Claire is torn between swim practice and the pangs of first love. The elderly and eccentric Maurice Reverdy takes her in in his big house, but the girl carefully avoids this faraway figure, who is none other than her grandfather. Proud, rebellious, solitary, they represent two generations that are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by one another. Their lives will intertwine, as one seeks out her future and the other is tormented by his past.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Canal+, Galatée Films, CinéCinéma
Original title Le Bel Âge
Directors Laurent Perreau
Writers Juliette Soubrier, Laurent Perreau, Christine Carrière

Cast

Michel Piccoli

as Maurice Reverdy

Pauline Étienne

as Claire

Éric Caravaca

as Rafaël

Marie Kremer

as Marie

Johanna ter Steege

as Madeleine

Rachid Hami

as Louis

Aurore Clément

as Christiane

Claude Duneton

as Fourcade

Fabrice Adde

as Antoine

Guillaume Gouix

as Simon