The beginning of this film reminds me of a joke where a guy says to his wife, "What would you like for our anniversary, dear?" And she replies, "A DIVORCE!" "Oh,"' he says, "I can't afford THAT? What else would you like?"... "A WEEK-END TRIP TO PARIS!" And that is how this movie might well have got its start. For in it, we see a couple- they have been married for thirty unhappy years-- Nick Burrows (played by Jim Broadbent) and Meg, his wife (played by Lindsay Duncan). They are en route by train to Paris for the week-end: it is their return there where once they enjoyed a young fresh honeymoon (thirty long years ago)... ..
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