"Late August, Early September"
1999
Directed by Olivier Assayas

In this drama a group of young Parisians, connected by their friendship with an older writer, grapple with life's difficulties after learning the writer is terminally ill. Confronting relationship complexities, general insecurities and, of course, their fear of mortality, the characters examine their place in the world. Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Balibar, Francois Cluzet and Virginie Ledoyen star. "...the film is so deeply transformative that it catches the audience in its grip and, slowly but ineluctably, makes us take its lessons to heart" (B. Ruby Rich, San Francisco Bay Guardian). French with English subtitles.  112 minutes.