Bright Days Ahead

Synopsis

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?

Trailer

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Cast

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  Fanny Ardant
  Caroline

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  Laurent Lafitte
  Julien

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  Patrick Chesnais
  Philippe

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  Jean-François Stévenin
  Roger

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  Fanny Cottençon
  Chantal

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  Catherine Lachens
  Sylviane

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  Alain Cauchi
  Jacky

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  Marie Rivière
  Jocelyne

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  Olivia Côte
  Lydia - la prof de théâtre

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  Émilie Caen
  L'hôtesse des Beaux Jours

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  Éléonore Bernheim
  Lise

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  Maud Le Guénédal
  Rebecca

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  Hortense Gelinet
  L'Anglaise

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  Féodor Atkine
  Paul

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  Marc Chapiteau
  Hugues

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  Francis Leplay
  Le prof d'oenologie

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  Sylvie Degryse
  Ségolène

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  Marie Boissard
  Christine