A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian woman.
This is mealy-mouthed and sentimental about sex and everything else.
Well intentioned and nicely acted, but the drama struggles to overcome its maudlin premise.
The film is a little too soft-centred to do justice to its own themes of bereavement, jealousy and family breakdown.
Even with the eternally reliable Caine in a starring role, this is still a bit of a plod.
This adaptation of Françoise Dorner's novel is a melancholic cross between Venus and Goodbye, Mr Chips.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Monday July 28, 2014, until Thursday July 31, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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