Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Mr. Morgan's Last Love (also known as Last Love) is a 2013 film based on Françoise Dorner's French novel La Douceur Assassine. It is written and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck and stars Michael Caine and Clémence Poésy.

Synopsis
The film centres around a retired, widowed professor (Caine) living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a young French woman (Poésy). That's the central structure for a sensitive story about changing relationships for this professor and his son, and life's meaning.

Cast

 * Michael Caine as Matthew Morgan
 * Clémence Poésy as Pauline Laubie
 * Justin Kirk as Miles Morgan
 * Jane Alexander as Joan Morgan
 * Gillian Anderson as Karen Morgan
 * Richard Hope as Philatelist
 * Anne Alvaro as Colette Léry

Production
The film was shot in Paris, Brittany, Brussels and Cologne in August 2011.

The book's French protagonist Monsieur Armand was changed to American Mr. Morgan. Nettelbeck wrote the screenplay with Caine in mind.

Reception
Mr. Morgan's Last Love received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 35% rating, based on twenty reviews, with an average score of 4.9/10. Metacritic gives the film a score of 37 out of 100, sampled from twelve reviews.