Longing is a 2024 drama film written and directed by Savi Gabizon. It stars Richard Gere, Suzanne Clément, and Diane Kruger. It is a remake of Gabizon's 2017 Israeli film.

Premise

When a business mogul runs into his old small town girlfriend while she's visiting the big city, he's shocked to find out that they had a child together.

Cast

Richard Gere as Daniel Diane Kruger as Alice Suzanne Clément as Rachel Marnie McPhail as Sonia Kevin Hanchard as Robert Stuart Hughes as Principal Jessica Clement

Production

Filming began on September 24, 2022. Filming occurred in Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Kitchener, Ontario.

Release

Longing was released in Canada by Mongrel Media on June 7, 2024. It was also released in the United States on the same day in limited theaters by Lionsgate Films.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 29% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Despite Richard Gere's compelling turn as a grieving man, this melodrama may leave viewers Longing for something more rewarding, like the filmmaker's original Israeli version." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 41 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

References

External links

Longing at IMDb