Summary
Romantic comedy drama starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum. In the hope of saving their troubled, three-decade marriage, Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris for the first time since their honeymoon.
Romantic comedy drama starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum. In the hope of saving their troubled, three-decade marriage, Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris for the first time since their honeymoon.
This comedy-tinged relationship drama finds middle-class Birmingham couple Nick and Meg (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) taking the Eurostar to Paris in order to revisit the haunts of their honeymoon, 30 years previously. Appalled by the state of their hotel, Meg insists they move somewhere much more upmarket, even though they clearly can't afford it. After many turbulent years, their marriage is finally on the rocks, but a chance reunion with Nick's urbane college friend Morgan (Jeff Goldblum) offers a momentary distraction when he invites the pair to an arty dinner party. Roger Michell's film contains frequent nods to the French nouvelle vague (notably Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à Part), while Hanif Kureishi's screenplay may be a trifle bookish and spiky for some tastes. The performances are terrific, though, especially Duncan as the waspish, unfathomable Meg, while Goldblum steals every scene as the upholder of all the ideals that the downtrodden Nick has long since abandoned.
role | name |
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Nick Burrows | Jim Broadbent |
Meg Burrows | Lindsay Duncan |
Morgan | Jeff Goldblum |
Michael | Olly Alexander |
Eve | Judith Davis |
Jean-Pierre | Xavier de Guillebon |
Victoire La Chapelle | Marie-France Alvarez |
role | name |
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Director | Roger Michell |