Le temps qui reste (2005)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

François Ozon

Writer:

François Ozon (writer)

Release Date:

24 November 2005 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A gay fashion photographer is given a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Slowly coming to terms with his situation, he is cruel to his lover, nasty to his pregnant sister and uncommunicative toward his parents.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Waitress | Gay | Chemotherapy | Food

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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
Estelle Dupuis	...	La styliste
Hisano Komine	...	La maquilleuse
Stéphane Forlay	...	Le coiffeur
Amanda Ericsson	...	Mannequin 1
Anna Sherbinina	...	Mannequin 2 (as Anna Sherbimima)
Yvette Maillard	...	La femme du bénitier
Jemmy Walker	...	La femme qui prie
Rebecca Convenant	...	La femme du train (as Rébecca Convenant)
Noan Labrousse	...	Le bébé du train
Noé Chadaigne	...	le bébé de Sophie
Didier Mérigou	...	Le dealer
Tobias Brahmst	...	Le jeune homme backroom
Patrick Perrier	...	L'homme backroom
David Cornillet	...	Le glacier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vincent Bowen	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
François Ozon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
François Ozon		writer

Produced by
Olivier Delbosc	....	producer
Marc Missonnier	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jeanne Lapoirie

Film Editing by
Monica Coleman

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Katia Wyszkop

Costume Design by
Pascaline Chavanne

Makeup Department
Franck-Pascal Alquinet	....	key hair stylist
Maud Baron	....	makeup artist
Corinne Maillard	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Didier Carrel	....	unit production manager
Christine De Jekel	....	production manager
David Le Gall	....	assistant unit manager
Julie Léger	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Romain Kunstlinger	....	trainee assistant director
Véronique Labrid	....	first assistant director
Gauthier Ravily	....	location unit director
Christophe Ronchet	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jules Delière	....	carpenter
Benjamin Descave	....	carpenter
Frédéric Dor	....	carpenter
Nicolas Doyon	....	construction manager
Benoît Dupuis	....	painter
Tristan Girault	....	property master
Alexandra Lassen	....	assistant art director
Norbert Luchessi	....	head carpenter
Vincent Maroutian	....	painter
Frédérique Nouailhat	....	set dresser
Frédéric Pesquer	....	tapestry
Marie Rossignol	....	head painter
Didier Tardivel	....	painter
Pierre Tejero	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Yannick Boulot	....	sound recordist
Nicolas Bourgeois	....	additional sound editor
Aymeric Devoldère	....	supervising sound editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound recordist
Assia Dnednia	....	assistant foley artist (as Assia Zipper)
Dominique Eyraud	....	boom operator
Eric Ferret	....	sound recordist
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound
Gwennolé Le Borgne	....	sound editor
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator (as Jean-Louis Le Bras)
Francis Perrard	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Francis Perréard)
Hervé Roux	....	sound consultant: DTS
Brigitte Taillandier	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects
Karine Marchandou	....	visual effects
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Bonnet	....	gaffer
Julien Cottret	....	grip
Mathieu Giombini	....	second assistant camera
Damien Jousselin	....	electrician
Malek Krimed	....	assistant camera
Vincent Le Borgne	....	electrician
Farès Messaoud	....	additional second assistant camera
Christian Metz	....	grip
Jean-Claude Moireau	....	still photographer
Eric Monin	....	electrician
Mathieu Poudevigne	....	electrician
Mathias Raaflaub	....	camera operator
Carlos Ribeiro	....	grip
Benoît Rizzoti	....	first assistant camera (as Benoît Rizzotti)
Hervé Rousset	....	key grip

Casting Department
Dorothée Auboiron	....	assistant extras casting
Audrey Gatimel	....	extras casting
Isabelle Ungaro	....	casting: children
Marine Valot	....	trainee extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Marteau	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Frédéric Barbe	....	assistant editor
Christian Dutac	....	color timer

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Philippe Escanecrabe	....	music mixer
Pascal Vonhatten	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Marine Valot	....	driver

Other crew
Tony Arnoux	....	press attache
Thierry Chapat	....	administrator
Marylène Dastugue	....	production secretary
Caroline Dieusaert	....	production secretary
Patrick Gastambide	....	animal trainer
Agathe Grau	....	script supervisor
Abdellatif Meziane	....	group man
Jean-Marc Minéo	....	trainer: Melvil Poupaud
Arnaud Plé	....	administrator
André-Paul Ricci	....	press attache
Daisy Sadler	....	production assistant
Esther Sironneau	....	coach: children

Production Companies

• Fidélité Productions
• France 2 Cinéma
• Banque Populaire Images 5
• Canal+
• Studio Canal
• TPS Star

Distributors

• ABC Distribution Co. (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Camera Film (2006) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2005-2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• California Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (all media)
• Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Triangelfilm (2006) (Sweden) (all media)

Special Effects

• Duboi

Other Companies

• Cinécam  camera equipment
• Locaflash  electrical equipment
• M.O. Pour Mot  post synchronization (as Mot pour M.O.)
• Polyson  sound equipment
• TEST  titles
• Telegrip  grip equipment

Also Known As:

Time to Leave (Canada: English title) (festival title) (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:16 | Hong Kong:III | UK:18 | Germany:12 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Chile:14 | France:U (with warning)

Company:

Fidélité Productions

Goofs:

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

Movie Connections:

Features Siren (2003) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Für Alina, for Piano

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 spectre.

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.