Sometimes if feels as if every French movie since the Lumière brothers filmed workers leaving a factory – maybe even that one as well – is about an adulterous liaison with bittersweet consequences. The contemporary twist in Bright Days Ahead is that la femme is played by 65-year-old Fanny Ardant, her lover by 40-year-old Laurent Lafitte. The two meet when she takes a class at an upmarket seniors' day centre, where he teaches computing skills. To the film's credit, no one finds the age gap that scandalous, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter. These are people at very different places in life. Both know that their affair is mostly about lust, illustrated by tasteful but non-explicit montaged snippets. Given Ardant looks as classy and come-hither as a champagne flute, it's no surprise he would have the hots for her. She even makes dentistry look sexy. The supporting ensemble of feisty friends in their golden years panders a little too hard to the afternoon matinee market.