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Daddy Nostalgie, released as These Foolish Things in the UK and Daddy Nostalgia in the USA, is a 1990 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and is Dirk Bogarde's last film. Odette Laure was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Sep 24, 2021 · Dirk Bogarde's last film about a young woman who helps her parents during her father's last illness and how they establish a tentative bond that had eluded...
Daddy Nostalgia: Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. With Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille. A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects.
- (847)
- Drama, Romance
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1991-05
Both told of children going to visit their fathers with a mixture of love and anger, and both showed fathers who were admirable and lovable but also self-centered and flawed. It’s that extra complication that makes “Daddy Nostalgia” so much more than just a sweet leave-taking.
Apr 16, 2021 · It is tempting to view Daddy Nostalgie (Bertrand Tavernier, 1990), Dirk Bogarde’s last film, as an actor’s swan song or as a great director’s meditation on aging. When the film was released, it was marketed and discussed in those terms, and dismissed to some extent as a “last waltz”.
- Lee Hill
When his daughter Caroline (Jane Birkin) was young, Tony (Dirk Bogarde) offered little support as a father. Even so, years later, when he undergoes heart surgery, Caroline comes to visit him in ...
- (8)
- Drama
- PG
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.
