Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
Acting
Broadbent and Duncan's lived-in chemistry—32 years of resentment in one glance.
Writing
Hanif Kureishi's script: brutally funny dialogue that cuts like a baguette knife.
Direction
Michell lets Paris breathe as the third character in this marriage.
Director
Roger Michell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan had never worked together before, despite both being Royal Shakespeare Company veterans—they met for the first time on set.
Hanif Kureishi wrote this after his own marriage ended; the film became part of a loose trilogy about late-life relationships, following 'The Mother' and 'Venus.'
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