Departure
2016, drama, love
109 minutes
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...
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7.9
Troy Anderson of h
2017-03-07
The film paints in a ton of crude strokes that feels like a lesser director was trying to saying something important. Read more
7.0
2016-05-16
Lawther and Stevenson deliver very honest and convincing performances... Read more
6.0
2016-05-09
Steggall pulls out some clichéd imagery - none more so than Elliott's submersion under water, that most trite and over-used cinematic shorthand for depression - and a scene involving Elliott's experimentation with a carrot is unintentionally amusing. It's an unconvincing debut from its writer-director, but the performances of Lawther and Stevenson just about tip Departure over the line. Read more
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