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Mr. Morgan's Last Love
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Wikipedia article
'Mr. Morgan's Last Love' (also known as 'Last Love') is a 2013 film based on Franoise Dorner's French novel 'La Douceur Assassine'. It is written and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck and stars Michael Caine and Clmence Posy.
Synopsis
The film centres around a retired, widowed professor (Caine) living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a young French woman (Posy). That's the central structure for a sensitive story about changing relationships for this professor and his son, and life's meaning.
Cast
* Michael Caine as Matthew Morgan
* Clmence Posy as Pauline Laubie
* Justin Kirk as Miles Morgan
* Jane Alexander as Joan Morgan
* Gillian Anderson as Karen Morgan
* Richard Hope as Philatelist
* Anne Alvaro as Colette Lry
* Louis-Julien Petit as Sleeping Student on Bus
Production
The film was shot in Paris, Brittany, Brussels and Cologne in August 2011.
The book's French protagonist Monsieur Armand was changed to American Mr. Morgan. Nettelbeck wrote the screenplay with Caine in mind.
Reception
'Mr. Morgan's Last Love' received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 31% rating, based on 39 reviews, with an average score of 4.67/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "'Last Love' benefits from a typically strong Michael Caine performance, but it's ultimately too mawkish and dawdling to make much impact." Metacritic gives the film a score of 36 out of 100, sampled from thirteen reviews.
References
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