When I Will Be Gone... (L'âge de braise) 26 years old

Jacques Leduc directed and co-scripted (with Jacques Marcotte) this Canadian-French co-production, a drama about an aging Montreal woman, Caroline (Annie Girardot), in her 60s and contemplating impending death. She destroys old correspondence, cleans her apartment by putting furniture in the street, and looks back on her life (as revealed via flashbacks and a film crew interviewing her daughters). Caroline's brief marriage to an Englishman gave her one daughter, successful businesswoman Rachel (Domini Blythe), and an affair with a rebel in the Congo resulted in her other daughter Myriam (Sheila Rose). Further memories rise to the surface when Caroline joins her long-time friend Maureen (France Castel) for a black-tie reception where their community work in Africa brings them an Order of Canada award.

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When I Will Be Gone... Cast

Name Character
Annie Girardot She was 66, 79 years old when she died
Domini Blythe She was 50, 63 years old when she died
Widemir Normil He was 45, now 71 years old
Pascale Bussières She was 30, now 56 years old
France Castel She was 54, now 81 years old
Mireille Metellus

When I Will Be Gone... Crew

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When I Will Be Gone... (26 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, July 29, 1998