One for the Road (2009)

overview : Herve, the head of a press agency, is traveling fast down a road headed in only one direction: self-destruction. He is an alcoholic, and his drinking is wrecking his marriage, family and career. In desperation and still in denial, he checks into a detox clinic in Geneva, his last-chance saloon. There he meets a group of fellow sufferers and one person in particular, a young woman named Magali, who help him to see life other than through the bottom of an empty bottle.

Release Date : Sep 23, 2009

Runtime : 1h 46m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Pan-Européenne, StudioCanal, France 3 Cinéma, Wild Bunch, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Countries : France

Keywords : rehabilitation centre, alcoholism, drinking, family, life lessons, french cinema