Chasing Yesterday
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58% Critic Match

Chasing Yesterday

5.8 / 10 1935 1h 17mNR English
RomanceDrama

Storyline

An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.

Cast & Crew

Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Jeanne Alexandre

Lead
O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Sylvestre Bonnard

Helen Westley

Helen Westley

Therese

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Mlle. Prefere

John Qualen

John Qualen

Coccoz

Etienne Girardot

Etienne Girardot

Mouche

Junior Durkin

Junior Durkin

Henri

RA

Richard Abbott

Auctioneer (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Nichols Jr.'s vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Chasing Yesterday is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker