La Belle Epoque (15)

French romantic comedy drama in which a disillusioned elderly man seeks to recreate the events of a week in 1974 when he met the great love of his life,

Daniel Auteuil stars as Victor, a man in his 60s whose long marriage to Marianne (Fanny Ardant) is on the rocks. Then Victor meets Antoine (Guillaume Canet), the owner of a company which allows people to perform a version of “time travel” by visiting a set where the company acts out a staged historical re-enactment. Victor seizes  the opportunity to revisit the moment when he first met Marianne, in the hope of rekindling his love for her.

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“A sweet, inventive Richard Curtis-style romantic-comedy crowdpleaser that deftly balances hearty laughs and heartwarming emotion”           Screen International

“Romantic, nostalgic and beautifully acted, it’s one of the best films of the year”             The List