Venus (2006)
Directed by Roger Michell
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.
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"Harold and Maude" (1971) is the film's close spiritual cousin.
Not since Harold and Maude has there been an intergenerational love connection as intense as this.
The generous running time allows Kechiche—whose previous films include The Secret of the Grain (2007) and Black Venus (2010)—to delve fully into the late-teen, early-twenties existence of Adèle Exarchopoulous' gloomy heroine, whose relationship with Léa Seydoux's slightly older, cerulean-haired artist proves to be at first a liberating blessing and then an imprisoning curse.
Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi teamed up three years ago on The Mother , another interesting look at age gaps and attractions.
His previous film, The Mother (2004), also dealt with a May-December romance, but twisted the other way around.