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Departure

Departure

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 20, 2016

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Family

User Score

66%

Original Title

Departure

Production Companies

Motion Group Pictures, BFI, Amaro Films, Connectic Studio

Director

Andrew Steggall

Description

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.