Summary
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 88Audiences 73GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer88%
Audience score81%
Letterboxd · 683 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109105Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1990
September 5, 1990
36 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
France
15 of 15
Dirk BogardeDaddy aka Tony Russell
Jane BirkinCaroline
Odette LaureMiche- EBEmmanuelle BatailleJuliette
Charlotte KadyBarbara- MMMichele MinnsCaroline as a Child
- SDSophie DalezioNurse #1
Louis DucreuxMonsieur Métro- SSSylvie SegalasNurse #2
- HLHélène LefumatLady in Hospital
- ADAndrée DuransonYvonne
- RDRaymond DefendenteJimmy
Fabrice RouxFisherman- GGGilbert GuerreroMan in Restaurant
Bertrand TavernierNarrator (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Bertrand Tavernier Director, Writer
- Albane Guilhe Assistant Director
- Tristan Ganne Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Colo Tavernier O'Hagan Writer
Production · 1
- Adolphe Viezzi Producer
Camera · 1
- Denis Lenoir Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ariane Boeglin Editor
Sound · 8
- Antoine Duhamel Original Music Composer
- Jérôme Lévy Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Williams Schmit Sound Mixer
- Gérard Lamps Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Alain Lévy Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Khadicha Bariha Sound Editor
Art · 2
- Jean-Louis Povéda Production Design
- Robert Le Corre Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Christian Gasc Costume Design
- Thi-Loan Nguyen Makeup Artist
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