Le temps qui reste

Nov 30 2005 Unrated 1h 21m
Drama

Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.

Plot

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?

Written by

François Ozon

Directed by

François Ozon

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Canal+, Fidélité Productions

Languages

Deutsch, Français, English

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
9,525
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
67
Popularity
NA