Time to Leave (2005)
"Le temps qui reste" (original title)

Romain is a very successful fashion photographer who's diagnosed with terminal cancer. He copes by being cruel and nasty to those he loves, until a visit with his grandmother changes his outlook. But, his boyfriend's moved out, now what?

Director:

François Ozon

Writer:

François Ozon

Stars:

Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melvil Poupaud	...	Romain
Jeanne Moreau	...	Laura
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	Jany (as Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
Daniel Duval	...	Le père
Marie Rivière	...	La mère
Christian Sengewald	...	Sasha
Louise-Anne Hippeau	...	Sophie
Henri de Lorme	...	Le médecin
Walter Pagano	...	Bruno
Violetta Sanchez	...	L'agent
Ugo Soussan Trabelsi	...	Romain enfant
Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi	...	Sophie enfant (as Alba Gaïa Kradhege Bellugi)
Victor Poulouin	...	Laurent
Laurence Ragon	...	La notaire
Thomas Gizolme	...	L'assistant photographe

Storyline

Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing death, he pushes people away - what's the point? He visits his grandmother to tell her; on the way, he chats briefly with a waitress. He looks at old photos, visits a childhood tree house. He takes pictures. Returning from his grandmother's, he stops for food and sees the waitress, Jany, again. She makes a request. He returns to an empty flat - his lover has left. Can Jany's proposition give him a way to move past self-pity?

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Plot Keywords:

photographer | waitress | cancer | food | fashion photographer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] (French, English)

Country:

France

Language:

French English German

Release Date:

30 November 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Time to Leave

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$15,377 (USA) (14 July 2006)

Gross:

$117,581 (USA) (15 December 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First feature film role for Christian Sengewald.

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Goofs

The Canon IXUS i5 is not turned on when Romain uses it.

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Quotes

Laura: Tonight I'd like to leave with you.

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Connections

Features Siren (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Tenebrae Factae Sunt"
Music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Conducted by Michel Corboz
Performed by Orquestra Gulbenkian (as l'orchestre de la fondation Gulbenkian)
Domaine Public
(p) 1977 Erato Classics
avec l'aimable autorisation de Warner Music France

User Reviews

We Die Alone

Ozon is a strange figure. Strange in a sense that actually makes him normal: sometimes controversial, sometimes authentic, but always a great analyst of the emotion's spectrum.

It becomes clear really early that the film will be more of a contemplative portrayal of death than a daring fight lead against it. And sometimes it's better that way, to take things as they come. Thirty one year old Romain isolates himself from his family and friends and deals with several stages of the whole "accepting death" experience. A so dreaded experience. Consequently, the film is distant and may seem tedious at times, but all the means serve their purpose.

"Le temps qui reste" (gorgeous title, I feel obliged to emphasize this) is a difficult film: homosexuality, solitude and death are themes which few can bear light-heartedly. Still, Romain's process of severing himself from himself is intriguing at all times and the film's final sequence is of a most sincere impact. It's about adapting to the idea of dying in a glacial modern society.

We are generally alone in this world and all we have is our family. And if we lose that, we are left with thoughts, never to be forgotten. Le temps qui reste.