Bright Days Ahead

A married woman in her 60s (French icon and veteran of over 70 movies, Fanny Ardant) retires and, when her new found freedom turns to boredom, strolls into an affair with a much younger man. Described by the Toronto Film Festival as a drama "about erotic reawakening and the renewal of one's sense of self".

"Having recently relieved herself of a career in dentistry - "If you have to give something up, you might as well do it on a whim," she says - sexagenarian retiree Caroline (Ardant) decides to try out the membership to a seniors' club her daughters recently gave her as a gift. But the club's activities seem geared to infantilise its participants, and Caroline aborts the venture after only a brief sampling. One thing, though, has caught her interest: Julien (Laurent Lafitte), the club's handsome computer instructor, an unabashed womaniser roughly half her age. Julien brazenly flirts with Caroline during an impromptu lunch date, and soon after they tumble into a full-on affair. Rules are set, yet Caroline seems to like courting danger, taking her lover to places she knows they might be seen and telling lies to her husband (Patrick Chesnais) that could easily be discovered."

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