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Marion Vernoux's drama Bright Days Ahead stars Fanny Ardant as Caroline, a recently retired woman who is eager for the free time she can now devote to herself. She begins taking part in events at a local seniors center, where she becomes involved in an affair with a man decades younger than herself. She hides this from her husband, and soon begins to savor life in ways she had not for quite some time, but her carefree attitude starts to threaten the secrecy of her new romance.