Departure (2015 film)

Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson) and her teenage son Elliot (Alex Lawther) arrive in southern France to prepare their family holiday home for sale. Both mother and son are in transitional phases: Beatrice is confronting the breakdown of her marriage, while Elliot is experiencing a sexual awakening. Elliot becomes infatuated with Clément (Phénix Brossard), a local French teenager with a rebellious streak. Over the course of a week, the family's tensions, unspoken secrets, and shifting relationships unfold. Elliot's friendship with Clément develops into a deeper, romantic bond, mirroring Beatrice's own attempts to navigate emotional upheaval. Their stories converge in a meditation on desire, adolescence, and the dissolution of family ties. ==Cast==

• Juliet Stevenson as Beatrice • Alex Lawther as Elliot • as Clément • Niamh Cusack as Sally • Finbar Lynch as Philip • Patrice Juiff as François • Guillaume Tobo as the butcher • Danièle Catala as woman at the market ==Critical response==

Variety positively noted the film's score and camera work but critiqued the "pretentious" dialogue. Ryan Morris of Film Inquiry praised Lawther, Brossard, and Stevenson's performances, but criticized the visual metaphors and lack of character development. ==Awards==

The Departure, along with Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, and Phenix Brossard, received a special mention at the 2015 Dinard British Film Festival. ==References==