
Feature film — 2016
Departure (2016)
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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A high-signal pick with 118 votes.
Motion Group Pictures / BFI / Amaro Films / Connectic Studio
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Director: Andrew Steggall
On screen
Cast & crew

Juliet Stevenson
Beatrice

Alex Lawther
Elliot

Phénix Brossard
Clément

Finbar Lynch
Philip

Niamh Cusack
Sally

Patrice Juiff
François
Guillaume Tobo
Butcher
Danièle Catala
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