The beautiful days

Movie
German title	The beautiful days
Original title	Les beaux jours
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	2013
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
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Director	Marion Vernoux
script	Marion Vernoux
production	Marion Vernoux, François Kraus , Juliette Renaud
music	Quentin Sirjacq
camera	Nicolas Gaurin
cut	Benoît Quinon
occupation
Fanny Ardant : Caroline Laurent Lafitte : Julien Patrick Chesnais : Philippe Jean-François Stévenin : Roger Fanny Cottençon : Chantal Catherine Lachens : Sylviane Alain Cauchi : Jacky Marie Rivière : Jocelyne Marc Chapiteau : Hugues Féodor Atkine : Paul Olivia Côte : Lydia Eléonore Bernheim : Lise Maud Le Guenedal : Rebecca

The beautiful days (Original: Les beaux jours ) is a French feature film by Marion Vernoux with Fanny Ardant . The film was based on a novel by Fanny Chesnel and was released in German cinemas on September 19, 2013.

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The film takes place on the French Channel coast: Caroline gave up her profession as a dentist for reasons of age. Since she now has a lot of time, her daughters have given her a taster course at the senior leisure club The beautiful days . She didn't like the acting class; that's why she takes a computer course. Although she is married, she falls in love with the much younger professor Julien. They love each other in his apartment and in the club's rooms. Julien admits that he came to her practice as a boy to see her in a doctor's coat.

Caroline's husband Philippe, who is also a dentist, soon discovers their affair and moves into a hotel. Meanwhile, Caroline wants to travel to Iceland with Julien . When they have to wait at the airport for the delayed flight and Julien meets a younger woman, Caroline realizes that their relationship is coming to an end. Julien flies without her. Caroline and Philippe reunite during a trip to the beach with the other course participants from the senior club.

Reviews

For Cinema , Die Schöne Tage was “romantic and realistic at the same time: the unexcited chronicle of a stormy affair”. Der Spiegel stated that director Vernoux apparently couldn't get enough of leading actress Fanny Ardant: “She follows her heroine, who was first so lifeless and then through radical devotion, excessively on long lonely walks on the beach. The tone remains light, the sun over the sea shows Ardant's face in the brightest colors. "

Web links

• The beautiful days in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The beautiful days in the dictionary of international films

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for the beautiful days . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2013 (PDF; test number: 140 532 K).
2. ↑ See cinema.de
3. ↑ Christian Buß : Relationship drama with Fanny Ardant: Look at her! spiegel.de, September 19, 2013.