Les vieux fourneaux (2018)
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Pierre Richard, Roland Giraud, Eddy Mitchell, Alice Pol, Henri Guybet, Méliane Marcaggi, Rebecca Azan
After a funeral, a mysterious letter sends an elderly man on an unexplained journey, and his friends and granddaughter race to catch up with him.
The story
Antoine, Émile, and Pierrot, childhood friends nearing 80, reunite for the funeral of Lucette, Antoine’s wife. Their reunion is disrupted when Antoine comes across a letter that leaves him profoundly unsettled. Without explaining himself, he leaves the Tarn and heads toward Tuscany, carrying his rifle. His friends Pierre and Émile, along with Sophie, Antoine’s granddaughter, pursue him, hoping to prevent him from doing something rash. The journey is driven by the mystery of the letter and by a silence that has lasted for fifty years.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Antoine, Émile, and Pierrot, three childhood friends nearing 80, reunite for the funeral of Lucette, Antoine’s wife. But the reunion is short-lived: Antoine happens upon a letter that sends him into a tailspin. Without offering any explanation, he sets off from the Tarn for Tuscany with his rifle. Pierre, Émile, and Sophie, Antoine’s granddaughter, set out after him to stop him from doing something rash after fifty years of silence.
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