Nearest to Heaven poster

Movie · 2002

Nearest to Heaven

Released 20 November 2002 More from 2002 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Catherine Deneuve
as Fanette
59
Emmanuelle Devos
as la jeune femme au cinéma
38
Paulina Porizkova
as Mary Rafelson
37
Hélène Fillières
as Lucie
30
Alan Fawcett
as homme danseur
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Catherine Deneuve — oldest on the call sheet
30Hélène Fillières — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast
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