Departure (2015)

Directed by

Andrew Steggall

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

15

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager and his mother travel to a house in the French countryside. The boy discovers his own desires while the mother confronts her own disappointments.

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What happens

Departure is a 2015 English–French independent coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Andrew Steggall in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch, and Niamh Cusack. It premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 9 October 2015 before a UK theatrical release on 20 May 2016 through Peccadillo Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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