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Time to Leave

Play trailer Poster for Time to Leave 2005,  1h 20m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 73% 52 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
73% Tomatometer 52 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
When Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a vain young photographer, is diagnosed with a virtually inoperable brain tumor, he refuses treatment and tells no one of the prognosis. Romain recoils from his partner, Sasha (Christian Sengewald), but confides in his worldly grandmother, Laura (Jeanne Moreau), who encourages him to reexamine himself before he departs the world of the living. Soon Romain meets Jany (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), a waitress who offers him a surprising opportunity to die meaningfully.
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Critics Consensus

A reflective look at our own mortality through the experience of a middle-aged French man, Time To Leave manages to pull at our heart strings without resorting to cliches, and leaves a lasting impression.

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Paul Fileri Film Comment Magazine Mar 28, 2018
Time to Leave strikes a certain register of restrained placidity, yet in the end, succumbs to more and more frequent idealizing interludes. Go to Full Review
David Ansen Newsweek Feb 7, 2018
This is the most personal, deeply felt film from the gifted director of "Under the Sand" and "Swimming Pool." Ozon leaches his melodrama of all sentimentality, and moves us all the more. Go to Full Review
Moira MacDonald Seattle Times Nov 3, 2006
3/4
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. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia Aug 7, 2020
6/10
A drama by Ozon with noble intentions, far from cheap sentimentality, but it gives me the feeling that in his story of terminal illness there is a superficial indulgence that prevents it from being intimate. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 12, 2020
Ozon has fashioned a "masculine melodrama" about how an impossibly beautiful, petulant young man copes with a precious few months. Go to Full Review
Annie Wagner The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 1, 2018
It's a lovely film, with scattered wrenching moments, but it lacks the mannered impact of the rest of Ozon's oeuvre. Go to Full Review
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Kylo L Apr 10, 2011 Tive vontade de rever um Ozon. Hoje, foi este. Mas poderia ter sido Sob a Areia.
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Cast & Crew

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François Ozon

Director

Melvil Poupaud

Romain

Jeanne Moreau

Laura

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Jany

Daniel Duval

Le père

Marie Rivière

La mère

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Movie Info

Synopsis When Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a vain young photographer, is diagnosed with a virtually inoperable brain tumor, he refuses treatment and tells no one of the prognosis. Romain recoils from his partner, Sasha (Christian Sengewald), but confides in his worldly grandmother, Laura (Jeanne Moreau), who encourages him to reexamine himself before he departs the world of the living. Soon Romain meets Jany (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), a waitress who offers him a surprising opportunity to die meaningfully.
Director
François Ozon
Producer
Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Screenwriter
François Ozon
Production Co
Studio Canal, Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinema
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$117.6K
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS
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