Le dernier pour la route

2009 [FRENCH]

Drama

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 592 592

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Plot summary

Herve, the head of a press agency, is traveling fast down a road headed in only one direction: self-destruction. He is an alcoholic, and his drinking is wrecking his marriage, family and career. In desperation and still in denial, he checks into a detox clinic in Geneva, his last-chance saloon. There he meets a group of fellow sufferers and one person in particular, a young woman named Magali, who help him to see life other than through the bottom of an empty bottle.

Director

Philippe Godeau Photo
Philippe Godeau

Top cast

Lionnel Astier Photo
Lionnel Astier as Jean-Marie
Raphaëline Goupilleau Photo
Raphaëline Goupilleau as Hélène
Bernard Campan Photo
Bernard Campan as Marc
François Cluzet Photo
François Cluzet as Hervé Chabalier
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942.76 MB
1280*548
French 2.0
MA15+
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 42 min
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1.71 GB
1918*820
French 2.0
MA15+
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

What a night!!! I liked the movie, two

What a night!!! I liked the movie, two thumbs up!!!
Reviewed by bob998 7 / 10

Hitting the bottom

I tried to recall the movies about alcoholism I have seen; I stopped after The Days of Wine and Roses and 28 Days. I've probably seen more, but the subject is just so depressing and makes so many demands on the viewer that forgetting is easier than remembering. The trouble with addiction is that it reduces the possibilities of life, makes people less interesting and less able to communicate with others. Le Dernier pour la route is a bold attempt to get inside the alcoholic's head, to examine his fears and failures to deal with life. The scene in which Pierre admits his terror to Herve that he won't be able to deal with life on the outside moved me very much. If the sketchy aspect of Magali's character is a drag on the film, that is one of the few drawbacks in an otherwise strong effort from Philippe Godeau.There is no actor in France like Francois Cluzet for portraying isolation and desperation, and here he makes us feel how cornered Herve feels: his wife really doesn't want him to come back home and his son thinks the condition is a sign of moral weakness. Michel Vuillermoz is so gallant as Pierre that we feel his ultimate fate the more keenly.
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