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Unfolding as a humorous and heartbreaking road movie, this highly relatable documentary is a tender portrait of the love that filmmaker Filip Hammar bears for his ailing 80-year-old father Lars. Hoping to rekindle the older man’s zest for life, Filip and his best friend/co-director Fredrik Wikingsson drive him to the French coastal town where they used to spend their holidays, but in the end, it’s the in-denial Filip who must come to grips with the indignities that aging brings and what time makes inevitable. Even if Lars will never again be the lively and energetic father that Filip idealizes, he still comes off as a wise and pragmatic soul. He’s a modest man with a good sense of humor whose sincere love for France and some of that country’s craziest foibles shines through. The film also serves as a tribute to teachers and an affirmation of how inspirational and memorable the good ones can be. –AS