DEPARTURE

 

Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard

Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson, Bend it Like Beckham) and her teenage son Elliot (Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game) spend a week packing up the contents of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his sexuality and she in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément (Phénix Brossard) enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and finally, each other.

DEPARTURE is an intimate story beginning at dawn on the first day and ending at night on the sixth day, charting the end of a summer, the end of a childhood and the end of an otherwise nuclear, middleclass family.

Release date: 10 March 2016

Writer Director: Andrew Steggall

Cast: Alex Lawther, Juliet Stevenson, Phénix Brossard

Language: English & French

Subtitles: English | English SDH

Format: DVD 9 PAL

DVD Extras:

• Interviews with Andrew Steggall, Pietro Greppi, Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther and Phenix Brossard
• Audio Commentary and Trailers