Going Away 2016

If you’ve read my other reviews on Amazon, you’ll know that I hate “spoilers” that appear in reviews (especially with a “warning”. That’s really important in mysteries. While this film is NOT a mystery (in the crime sense), it is layered in such a way that things are revealed at the director’s pace and that made it very enjoyable for me.

You will NOT find any spoilers in this review and, if you really want to enjoy this independent French film from 2013 (just released by Cohen Film Group in a beautiful print), I suggest that you be careful in reading reviews with too much detail. As an example, there is an occurrence in the first two minutes of the film that seems totally unrelated to what occurs over the next 60 minutes, but, it is becomes very relevant in the last third of this 95 minute film.

Baptiste is a teacher living in the south of France, who never remains in the same job for long. Left in charge of one of his students for a weekend, Baptiste meets the boy's mother Sandra, a fragile woman working near Montpellier. For one day, a powerful spell unites them.

Starring: Louise Bourgoin, Pierre Rochefort
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes