

Bright Days Ahead
2013-06-19 · 94 min · ★ 6.0
Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all, herself. However, she soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and idleness. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood’s senior club as a birthday present… Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge. Oddly enough, she meets great people there, starting with the young computer science teacher, who is far from insensitive to her charms. Caroline gradually takes control of her life again and lives a second youth: taking a new lover, living new experiences, breaking the rules, not doing what’s expected of her… Who said that retirement was the beginning of the end and not a new beginning?
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- Directors
- Marion Vernoux
- Production companies
- Tribeca Film
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,300,000
- Revenue
- USD 4,949,039
Top Cast
Fanny ArdantCaroline
Laurent LafitteJulien
Patrick ChesnaisPhilippe
Jean-François StéveninRoger
Fanny CottençonChantal
Catherine LachensSylviane
Alain CauchiJacky
Marie RivièreJocelyne
Olivia CôteLydia - la prof de théâtre
Émilie CaenL'hôtesse des Beaux Jours
Éléonore BernheimLise
Maud Le GuénédalRebecca
Hortense GelinetL'Anglaise
Féodor AtkinePaul
Marc ChapiteauHugues
Francis LeplayLe prof d'oenologie
Sylvie DegryseSégolène
Marie BoissardChristine
José FumanalUn membre du club
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