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La belle époque
La belle époque
8.6
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2,389 Ratings

LA BELLE ÉPOQUE

Directed by Nicolas Bedos
France, Belgium, 2019
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when a brilliant entrepreneur offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients a chance to dive back into the era of their choice.

Synopsis

Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when a brilliant entrepreneur offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients a chance to dive back into the era of their choice.

Our take

Starring Daniel Auteuil and Fanny Ardant, Nicolas Bedos’s (almost) time-traveling marriage story offers a chance to turn back time, when the fires of romance have become the embers of one’s autumnal years. Echoing Michel Gondry’s cinematic reveries, this unusual film marries melancholy and fantasy.