Departure

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Departure

2015

1h 49m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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When a marriage deteriorates, an English family prepares to sell its holiday home in France.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Finbar Lynch is affectingly spiky as the all-but-absent husband whose presence feels more like a void, but Stevenson steals the show as the woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Rated: 3/5

May 22, 2016

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Steve Rose

Guardian

The dynamics are given plenty of time to play out in this delicate, somewhat laboured character drama, which could almost be seen as a hymn to the great British art of not really talking about stuff.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2016

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

A sensitive, sensual and occasionally amusing portrait of teenaged obsession with a winning turn from Lawther.

Rated: 4/5

May 19, 2016

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

Beautifully shot in a stunning location, the characters' behaviour somehow make the place ugly, serving as a stark reminder that a place is only as beautiful as the people perceiving it.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 2, 2021

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Departure is a complex, coming of age story, which is at times poetic, and an emotional drama.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 7, 2021

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Ryan Morris

Film Inquiry

Ultimately, Departure doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before, and what it does do isn't enough for us to overlook that.

Mar 12, 2017

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vuesguk

This movie soooooo Boring

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/25/23

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isla s

I liked the cinematography and the musical score in this film - it felt like quite a gentle and poignant film to an extent, depicting two adolescent, teenage boys expressing their emotions in a way perhaps not expected of people their age. Indeed there's something poetic about it - the mix of classical/instrumental music and the camerawork focussing on the expressions the characters give and semi imagined scenes at time. It should perhaps be said that there are clearly sex references and more specifically depictions of masturbation, which may embarrass some and as far as thats concerned, its not so 'gentle' maybe but its certainly not something seen in an entirely exploitative way a lot in every scene. I liked the eye contact, the character development between the 2 teenagers and learning more about their circumstances via the discussions they have and the body language. The performance by Alex Lawther is particularly memorable. One of the teenagers is French, so there is a fair bit of French language present, hence its partially subtitled. I thought this was a quite well made film and so yes, I'd recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Surprisingly effective tale of three lonely people at a crisis in their lives.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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mike s

Nice setting but weak story - nothing special at all.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Beautifully shot and well put together, but a budding potential romance between a young couple never quite flowers, and a dramatic subplot involving parents threatens to swamp the movie and drown Juliet Stevenson. Very nice turn by the lead actor.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Beautiful, deeply touching; and as happens so often in real life, there may be nothing new in this film, but the details feel unique to these characters. I watched it twice.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Andrew Steggall

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Juliet Stevenson

Beatrice

Alex Lawther

Elliot

Phénix Brossard

Clément

Finbar Lynch

Philip

Niamh Cusack

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Synopsis

When a marriage deteriorates, an English family prepares to sell its holiday home in France.

Director: Andrew Steggall
Producer: Pietro Greppi, Cora Palfrey, Guillaume Tobo
Screenwriter: Andrew Steggall
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 49m

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