Time Out (2001)
- Starring:
- Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, (more)
- Director(s):
- Laurent Cantet
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Time Out
French director Laurent Cantet's sophomore effort is a somber and complex meditation on work -- specifically, how work has become the defining feature of the contemporary individual as well as the quintessential symbol of quotidian despair. The movie tells the story of Vincent (Aurelien Recoing), a middle-class family man recently fired from his drab, middle-management job. Unable to tell his family about his firing, Vincent spends his workdays driving around the French countryside --"business trips" he tells his wife -- keeping intact the reassuring routine of going to work and coming home to his wife and kids. As his family grows suspicious of his evasive behavior, Vincent is forced to spin a new tale, pretending to get a job working for the U.N. In a bid to keep the money coming in, he recruits old friends to invest in an imaginary emerging-markets investment scheme. Vincent also falls in with Jean-Michel (Serge Livrozet), a black market dealer whose ignominious past serves as an ominous warning for Vincent's present course. Despite his efforts to maintain an undisturbed surface, Vincent's wife begins to suspect something amiss. As the lies pile up and the questions from his family mount, Vincent loses control of his fragile double life, leading to a poignant conclusion. Cantet's film premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. ~ Elbert Ventura, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 128 mins
Complete Cast of Time Out
- Aurélien Recoing - Vincent
- Serge Livozet - Jean-Michel
- Monique Mangeot - Vincent's mother
- Marie Cantet - Alice
- Maxime Sassier - Nono
- Nigel Palmer - Jeffrey
- Didier Perez - Philippe
- Karin Viard - Muriel
- Jean-Pierre Mangeot - Vincent's father
- Nicolas Kalsch - Julien
- Felix Cantet - Felix
- Elizabeth Joinet - Jeanne
- Christophe Charles - Fred
- Director(s):
- Laurent Cantet
- Writer(s):
- Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
- Producer(s):
- Caroline Benjo
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director (Runner-up)
- 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Foreign Film
- 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actor - Runner-up
- 2001 - Venice International Film Festival - Cinema of the Present - Special Lion of the Year
- 2001 - Venice International Film Festival - FICC "Don Quixote" Award
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