Georges, 82, trapped in a monotonous routine in a retirement home, grows tired of stretching exercises and dull conversations.
Rebellious at heart but trapped by the years, he decides one day to run away, bag on his back, to find a semblance of freedom.
Far from the obligations and constraints of age, Georges embarks on a journey that is as absurd as it is poetic, in search of meaning and memories, losing himself in dreams where past and present intertwine.
But can one really escape one's own life when the weight of regrets and remorse becomes heavier than that of the years?
With dark humour and deep tenderness, Papy en cavale offers us a moving portrait of a man who refuses to grow old without one last burst of rebellion.
