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Time Out (2001)
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Staged with meticulous care, this solemnly fascinating drama is loosely based on the case of Jean-Claude Romand, the seemingly successful businessman who wove a web of deception to prevent his family discovering that he'd lost his job. Choosing not to follow the Romand case to its violent conclusion — Romand eventually murdered his family — director Laurent Cantet here re-creates the routines that occupied the man's empty days and the scams by which he sought to raise funds. However, Cantet struggles to communicate his interior life and provides little worthwhile insight into the man's psychological state. Although stage star Aurélien Recoing's performance is chillingly cheerless in isolation, it's less convincing when he's in the company of his increasingly suspicious wife, Karin Viard. It's a truly tragic scenario, but ultimately too restrained to compel. DP
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Running time
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128mins
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Country of origin
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Fr
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Genre
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Drama
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Alternate title
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L'Emploi du Temps
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Original language
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French
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Screenplay
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Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
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Theatrical distributor
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Artificial Eye
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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April 2002
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Subtitling information
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In French with subtitles
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