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Bright Days Ahead (2013)

Bright Days Ahead poster
Original title
Les Beaux Jours
Directed by
Marion Vernoux
Genre
romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
6
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 60-year-old woman retires and signs up for a computer class. She starts a relationship with her younger instructor.

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What happens

Bright Days Ahead (French: Les Beaux Jours) is a 2013 French romance film directed by Marion Vernoux. It was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, Fanny Ardant received a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th César Awards. Based on a novel by Fanny Chesnel, it tells the story of a married woman who retires at age 60 and joins a computer class, where she starts an affair with the much younger instructor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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