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  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Baptiste (Pierre Rochefort) is a loner. A gifted primary teacher living in the south of France who never remains in the same job for more than a term. His unremarkable appearance masks cracks, even violence. When he is left unwittingly in charge of Mathias one weekend by the child’s negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother ...

Directed By: Nicole Garcia

Written By: Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia

  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 35 m

Going Away

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Summary Baptiste (Pierre Rochefort) is a loner. A gifted primary teacher living in the south of France who never remains in the same job for more than a term. His unremarkable appearance masks cracks, even violence. When he is left unwittingly in charge of Mathias one weekend by the child’s negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother ...

Directed By: Nicole Garcia

Written By: Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia

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Oct 1, 2015
Garcia, co-scenarist Jacques Fieschi and the excellent cast (including a welcome Dominique Sanda as Baptiste’s regal mother) bring a sense of depth and shared history to even those figures we meet just briefly.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Oct 1, 2015
It’s a quietly compelling story.
By Anita Gates FULL REVIEW
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Oct 1, 2015
Despite its late shortcomings, Going Away demonstrates Garcia’s ability to coax strong performances out of a relatively young cast.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
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Oct 1, 2015
Director Nicole Garcia strains to give this pablum social grounding, but hair and make-up overtake her.
By Mike McCahill FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Pelléas, France 3 Cinéma, Pauline's Angel, Canal+, Orange Cinéma Séries, Cofinova 9, Hoche Artois Images, Soficinéma 9, Région Languedoc-Roussillon, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), France Télévisions, Wild Bunch, Cofinova Développement 4
Release Date Oct 2, 2015
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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