An elderly couple's profound love faces its ultimate test after a devastating stroke, unfolding with intimate, bleak earnestness.
Melancholy and earnest. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Heads up on moderate sex and nudity. That is past what the PG-13 on the box suggests. Beyond that, mild language and no real violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
No. Brace yourself.
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