![](/images/star4x2.gif)
France 2013
Starts September 19, 2013
Directed by: Marion Vernoux
Writing credits: Marion Veroux, after a book by Fanny Chesnel
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais
Length: 91 minutes
![Die Schönen Tage (Les Beaux Jours)](/images/stories/filmreview/Sep-Dec13/die%20schoenen%20tage.jpg)
Thankfully there is no preoccupation with the “older woman / younger man-theme”; the affair appears natural, unapologetic and fleeting in a very French (film)-sense. Die Schönen Tage is a showcase for the beautiful, radiant and elegant Fanny Ardant, who is support by a very watchable cast. But that’s basically ‘it’; once all this ‘wears off’, there isn’t enough of a story or thought that stays with me. ( )