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Departure

6.3/10
TMDB119 votes
Original: 109 min

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.

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About Departure

Departure (2016) is a film in the drama, romance, family genres. Directed by . The cast includes Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch.

Released
Original language
Runtime
109 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
France, United Kingdom
Production companies
Motion Group Pictures, BFI, Amaro Films, Connectic Studio
Writers
Andrew Steggall

Departure cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.3/10 from 119 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

kinrich30

TMDB member review

This was a good movie, but it could have been great. It's about a teen, who happens to be gay, who is dealing with his mother's mental health issues. The gay storyline was good, but there wasn't much of it. There were many scenes with no talking at all, just the mother staring off or wandering around and it really kept the movie from reaching it's potential.

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What is Departure about?

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.

Who stars in Departure?

Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch, Niamh Cusack, Patrice Juiff. See the cast cards above for character names.

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