Bright Days Ahead

Bright Days Ahead
Film poster
Directed byMarion Vernoux
Written byFanny Chesnel
Marion Vernoux
StarringFanny Ardant
Laurent Lafitte
Patrick Chesnais
Jean-François Stévenin
Fanny Cottençon
Catherine Lachens
Alain Cauchi
Marie Rivière
Marc Chapiteau
CinematographyNicolas Gaurin
Edited byBenoît Quinon
Music byQuentin Sirjacq
Release date
  • 19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.3 million
Box office$4.2 million[1]

Bright Days Ahead (French: Les Beaux Jours) is a 2013 French romance film directed by Marion Vernoux.[2] It was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] In January 2014, Fanny Ardant received a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th César Awards.[4] Based on a novel by Fanny Chesnel, it tells the story of a married woman who retires at age 60 and joins a computer class, where she starts an affair with the much younger instructor.

  1. ^ "Les Beaux Jours (2013)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Bright Days Ahead". unifrance.org. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Bright Days Ahead". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Berenice Bejo, Lea Seydoux, Roman Polanski Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2014.