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A handsome, successful fashion photographer learns that he has a malignant brain tumor that will soon kill him. Hiding his diagnosis, he alienates his family and his young boyfriend, but during a shor...( read more 
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MCT:August 30, 2008Well, I saw it last night. I liked but only a little. The actor is very good. The sex scenes are too explicit, but I couldn't see love. It?s like something is missing. For example: where?s the scene that shows photo cover of dvd? Maybe they took off only in Brazil. I expected more.
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MCT:June 7, 2008An amateur (perhaps already too used) project by Ozon, and still it has the power to make you think about the importance of your life and relationships you carry out every day, and is touching for the heart.
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MCT:March 20, 2008
The movie approaches a common theme in a different yet realistic way. The dying man doesn't exactly tell about his illness to everybody he cares for. He just looks back to his childhood and his past, looks at old photos, takes pictures to have a lasting memory of people he loves, etc. just like any other person would do if he or she is dying.
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MCT:March 14, 2008LE TEMPS QUI RESTE (2005)
directed by François Ozon
starring Melvil Poupaud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jeanne MoreauFrançois Ozon is gay. He says it openely. Like Pedro Almodovar he loves women. He made many films about them but this one isnt. Maybe it should have been.A successful selfish fashion photographer learns that he has a brain tumor. He is going to die. He doesnt tell anyone though, but he becomes cruel towars his boyfriend - yes, he is gay but I'll comment that later - his pregnant sister and basically everyone. Off course, he is pissed off cause he was in control of his life, happy and had everything he ever wanted but he is going to die and cant do anything about it, except maybe pity himself. On a trip to visit his grandmother he meets a waitress who will offer him something that might change his perspective on death.
Well, Le temps qui reste tells a story that isnt very original, we've seen that film before and we'll see it again in the future. That doesnt mean its a bad film cause that premise brings a lot of potential. You can either go on the emotional manipulation like Life As a House with Kevin Kline or try to be honest. This film is at least honest, but its still not great.
As I mentionned before, the main character is gay. I got nothing against that, its actually refreshing to see this story told and its not about a family man or an estranged dad. My problem with it though, is that the director didnt take advantage of that opportunity to make it special. I'll be honest, I dont know what he could have done but I wish he had try something more than just making his character gay. Also, I need to warn you, there is a graphic sex scene. Not saying its explicit but you see, what we could call, hard members, to be polite. I was just not expecting those.
All of that being said, I have mixed feeling about this film. Its not too bad but I was hoping it would be better. Ozon made some weird film before and it seems as he is becoming a bit more mainstream. Enough complaining about the film.
The actors are all pretty good, which made the film a bit more engrossing. No exceptional performances though, simply in the right tone with not false move. In the end, all I would need to see its refreshing in its way to lack originality, but it doesnt have enough balls. I think thats could be called irony considering the ... well you know what I mean. Its a French film, that should say it all.
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MCT:December 1, 2007"...you and I are the same. We're both going to die soon."
In Time to Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste), thirty year-old Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a successful fashion photography, is diagnosed with cancer, and his prognosis is not good. He decides to forego the chemotherapy that would give him a slim chance of prolonged survival, and, unable to tell his boyfriend - who he subsequently breaks up with - or his immediate family, he instead confides only in his grandmother (Jeane Moreau). From there, he tries to find acceptance and meaning in his mortality, and is given an opportunity he never thought he would have after a chance encounter with a waitress.
This is a lyrical, intimate and economical film, without even a hint of artifice in the writing or the performances (Melvil Poupaud is surely an actor to watch). Refreshingly free from sentimentality, with realistic characters - Romain is not exactly a hero and doesn't become one in the course of the film - and a script with few words but which has a lot to say. Writer-director François Ozon filmed Time to Leave in cinemascope, an interesting choice for such a small-scale film, but one that rewards with a staggeringly, beautifully shot denouement. A thoughtful, moving film.
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MCT:May 15, 2007
Um filme que se ve muito bem. Descontraido apesar da problema'tica envolvente. Gostei, mas podia ter sido muito melhor.
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MCT:April 14, 2007
That's a movie about death and life. It's tragedy and touching, the feeling is simple but engraved on my bones and heart, especially the last scene when the main actor was lying down on the beach to let his life rolled by, and the sunset implied the end of his life.
This movie to make me think about if one day, we need to face ours dead, what should we do? how to face? do something meaningful for the last? or waiting...as the main actor.
However, i believed the view of life would be change a lot.
At last, i love the poster, a guy hold a baby in his arm, it's beautiful and artisitic. The guy should be symbol death and the baby is birth. -
MCT:February 24, 2007
i personally really think this film is abit overrated..but the actor is so hot!well is he homo in real life?lol
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MCT:February 11, 2007
A french film about a man who finds out he has terminal cancer and turns really bitter. It's a beautiful meditation on death. The Europeans know how to make good films man.
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MCT:January 22, 2007
Romain tinha tudo: uma boa casa, uma relação amorosa estável e um emprego em ascensão. Um dia recebe a notícia de que é portador de um cancro em última fase, ao qual recusa fazer tratamento. Nos seus últimos meses de vida, Romain visita a avó (a única a saber da sua doença), terminha a sua relação (com um último reencontro com o ex-namorado) e aceita a proposta de engravidar uma mulher, cujo marido era infértil. Um filme de temática gay, contudo, com as atenções viradas para a Morte. Sem dúvida um filme a não perder ;)
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MCT:December 15, 2006
Not as good as Under the Sand, but worth watching for the beautiful score by Arvo Part, some strking images, and Melvil Poupaud 's fascinating face. The scene with Jeanne Moreau as his grandmother is a gem.
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MCT:November 26, 2006
no lo se tal ves no me gustan mucho las peliculas de arte o no se ... pero me gusto masomenos jejeje...
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MCT:July 14, 2006i'm not really into movies like this where someone only has a few months to live cause they all seem the same to me.
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It's French I think .. so I probably won't see it. It would probably be quite good, though, if in English. I like French, but not French film.
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