Since making his feature directorial debut with THE CLOCKMAKER in 1973, ex-critic Bertrand Tavernier has developed an impressive reputation for sensitively wrought, finely crafted fare. DADDY NOSTALGIA, his latest, is a small but worthy addition to the Tavernier canon.
Tony (Dirk Borgarde) is a weary expatriate Brit who has retired to a villa on the Cote d'Azur with his taciturn French wife, Miche (Odette Laure). His estranged daughter, Caroline (Jane Birkin), is a screenwriter living in Paris. She hasn't been close to her father, who neglected her as a child,
but nonetheless drops everything to come to his side when she hears he's undergone a serious heart ope...
Released:
1990
Rated:
PG
Length:
106 mins