Time to Leave

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Time to Leave
Time to leavemp.jpg
Poster for the film
Directed byFrançois Ozon
Written byFrançois Ozon
Produced byOliver Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
StarringMelvil Poupaud
Christian Sengewald
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Jeanne Moreau
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Edited by
Music byValentyn Sylvestrov
Distributed byMars Distribution
Release date
  • 16 May 2005 (2005-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 30 November 2005 (2005-11-30) (France)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.4 million
Box office$2.9 million[1]

Time to Leave (French: Le Temps qui reste; "the time that remains") is a French film directed by François Ozon, released in 2005. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot[]

Romain, a gay 31-year-old fashion photographer, finds out he is terminally ill and has only three months to live. He rejects the treatment for his metastasized tumor that might offer him a slim (less than 5%) chance of survival.

Romain exhibits both selfish and reckless behavior. He realizes that his good looks give him a certain amount of leeway and he tests the forbearance of the people who care for him. He chases away his lover Sasha and delights in antagonizing his sister. The only person in whom he confides about his illness is his grandmother Laura.

Cast[]

Awards[]

2005 Valladolid International Film Festival:[3]

  • Silver Spike - François Ozon
  • Best Actor - Melvil Poupaud

Critical reception[]

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 76% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 49 reviews.[4] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 67 out of 100 based on 21 reviews.[5]

Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times wrote "It's a quiet and poignant look at a life as it slips away, seen through the eyes of a character who's not always likable but remains entirely real".[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) (2005) - JPBox-Office". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Time to Leave". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ IMDb: Valladolid International Film Festival: 2005 Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Time to Leave". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Time to Leave (2006): Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ MacDonald, Moira (3 November 2006). ""Time to Leave": Intimate journey of a young man facing death". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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