Departure
Synopsis
An English family prepare the sale of their holiday home in the South of France. Over one week, the teenage son, Elliot, wrestles with his burgeoning sexuality while his mother, Beatrice, confronts the end of her marriage to his father, who harbours a secret of his own. When an enigmatic local boy quietly enters their lives, mother and son are led to confront each other and their awakening desires.
Touched by myth and landscape, 'Departure' narrates the story of the end of a marriage, the end of childhood and the end of an otherwise nuclear middle class family.
Dinard Festival of British Films 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 109 mins
- Director
- Andrew Steggall 1st Feature
- Producer
- Pietro Greppi, Guillaume Tobo, Cora Palfrey
- Executive Producer
- Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Georgia Oetker, Stephanie Keelan, Karine Riahi
- Editor
- Dounia Sichov
- Screenwriter
- Andrew Steggall
- Director of Photography
- Brian Fawcett
- Sound
- Tom Drew
- Music
- Jools Scott
- Principal Cast
- Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch, Niamh Cusack, Patrice Juiff
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd April 2016
