Storyline

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.—Markku Kuoppamäki

Plot Keywords

male female relationship, love, sidewalk cafe, theatre audience, reference to william shakespeare, grief, applause, curtain call, death of grandmother, grandmother grandson relationship, nanny, pain, friendship, friend, hold up, robbery, theft, thief, song, singing

Short Review

Oliveira, a nonagenarian when he made the film, conveys the hidden rapture of daily life-and the power of images to preserve it.

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