Queer Cinema Night: Departure (2016)

Part of our ongoing series of LGBTQ cinema, DEPARTURE is a mesmerising coming-of-age story set in the lush woodlands of southern France.

Teenager Elliot (Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game) and his mother Beatrice (Juliet Stevenson, Bend It Like Beckham) spend the last days of summer packing up their holiday home in tense silence, an ugly divorce looming unspoken over them. In the woods next to the house, Elliot meets handsome bad boy Clément (Phénix Brossard) and begins to work through the dawning of his own sexuality, just his mother figures out what it's like to walk alone for the first time.

????? "Departure is a masterpiece, visually and textually gorgeous." - Cinescapist TV

????? "An incredible directorial debut." - Front Row Reviews

???? "Hormones are raging in this beautifully shot, quietly involving character study powered by an excellent turn from Lawther" - Empire Magazine

???? "A mesmerising and magnetic coming of age tale." - Gay Times Magazine

Film Rating: 15
Running Time: 1hr 49 min
Director: Andrew Steggall
Country/Year: UK/2016