Although he's now eighty years old, Claude Lherminier is still as imposing as he ever was. But his bouts of forgetfulness and confusion are becoming increasingly frequent. Even so, he stubbornly refuses to admit that anything is wrong. Carole, his oldest daughter, wages a daily and taxing battle to ensure that he's not left on his own. Claude suddenly decides on a whim to go to Florida. What lies behind this sudden trip?
Acting
Rochefort's defiant fragility—legendary final performance.
Writing
Dementia treated as tragicomedy, never pity porn.
Direction
Le Guay finds poetry in bureaucratic elder care nightmares.
Director
Philippe Le Guay
Jean Rochefort
Claude Lherminier
Sandrine Kiberlain
Carole
Anamaria Marinca
Ivona
Laurent Lucas
Thomas
Clément Métayer
Robin
Coline Beal
Juliette
Édith Le Merdy
Mme Forgeat
Christèle Tual
L'Hotesse
Carine Piazzi
deuxième hôtesse
Stéphanie Bataille
La directrice de la maison de santé
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Vendeuse jardinerie
Philippe Duclos
Docteur Farkoa
Xavier de Guillebon
Fils Massoulier
Martine Erhel
Mme Massoulier
Audrey Looten
Alice Newman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jean Rochefort died two years after filming; this was his final leading role, and he reportedly insisted on performing his own physically demanding scenes despite his actual age.
The film sparked debate in France about filial piety laws, which legally obligate children to care for indigent parents—a pressure Carole embodies with exhausted devotion.
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