Florida

Florida

2015 · 110 min · FR · 6.3 (70 votes)
Dir. Philippe Le Guay · Starring Jean Rochefort, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anamaria Marinca, Laurent Lucas, Clément Métayer, Coline Beal · Music Jorge Arriagada
ComedyDrama

Although he's now eighty years old, Claude Lherminier is still as imposing as he ever was. But his bouts of forgetfulness and confusion are becoming increasingly frequent. Even so, he stubbornly refuses to admit that anything is wrong. Carole, his oldest daughter, wages a daily and taxing battle to ensure that he's not left on his own. Claude suddenly decides on a whim to go to Florida. What lies behind this sudden trip?

VIBE

A poignant, often darkly funny look at the indignities of aging and the complex bonds of family. It captures the quiet desperation and stubborn pride of a man losing his grip, and the exhausting love of those trying to hold on.

melancholicwryfrustratedtenderslow-burnslice-of-lifecharacter-drivennaturalisticagingfamilydenialmemory
parent child relationshipelderly
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