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Those Who Remain (2007)
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Original name: Ceux qui restent
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They bump into each other during one of their visits and begin to meet for coffee. Coffee turns into Lorraine offering to drive Bertrand to the train station and the two turn to each other in their time of grief and confusion.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, love, self discovery, couples, friendship, fall in love, relationships, life changing, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, supportive spouse, death, cancer, bus, male female relationship, loss of wife, daughter in law, loss of mother, cigarette smoking, bathtub
Time:
year 2007, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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