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Departure

2016 · 109 min

Drama, Family, Romance

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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Appeals to viewers drawn to intimate, atmospheric coming-of-age dramas about queer desire, emotional distance, and relationships quietly reaching their end.

Tone
melancholic, romantic, contemplative
Payoff
reflection, heartbreak
Pacing
slow-burn
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
coming of age, sexuality, family rupture, desire, endings
Setting
contemporary, remote holiday house in southern France

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