Successful businessman Thomas (about 55), who has chosen to live in Rome, has dedicated his whole life to his work. When his kind and understanding wife Elisa dies, however, his life takes a turn for the worse. His daughter Beatrice, who has broken off her studies and is now living in a mission in India, is more eager than ever to stay there now that her mother has died. Thomas...
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与父亲形同陌路的塞巴斯蒂安（斯蒂芬·卢梭 Stéphane Rousseau 饰）忽然接到母亲路易丝的电话，那个风流成性的历史教授父亲莱米如今躺在医院里，命不久矣。塞巴斯蒂安在一番犹豫之后赶回蒙特利尔，陪父亲走过最后一段时光。多年的隔膜以及生活方式的差异让这对父子从一开始就吵了个天翻地覆，但塞巴斯蒂安还是想尽办法让父亲平静的走完最后的日子。他把父亲换到舒适的病房，并且打电话召集了父亲昔日的朋友聚集到一起，甚至为父亲买来海洛因止痛。在相处过程中，父子俩的感情产生了微妙的变化。该片被誉为“生命的告别仪式”，以其平实朴质的影像和细腻入微的感情横扫各大影坛颁奖礼。2003年，法国戛纳电影节上获得了最佳剧本、最佳女演员大奖，并获金棕榈大奖提名；2004年，法国恺撒奖最佳导演、最佳影片、最佳剧本奖；2004年，奥斯卡最佳外语片奖以及最佳原创剧本提名。
