Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Changing Times
CHANGING TIMES (Les Temps qui changent) is a French movie cowritten and directed by André Téchiné in 2004.
The setting is Tangiers, Morocco. Antoine Lavau is in charge of the construction site of an industrial estate. He's waited for years for the opportunity to be sent to Tangiers by his employer because he knew that his first love Cécile lived there. And, for thirty years, Antoine Lavaux has lived with only one idea in his mind : to find Cécile and convince her to spend the rest of their lives together.
Cécile is married to Natan and the couple is at present hosting their only son Sami who's just come from Paris with his girlfriend. Sami is bisexual and spends all his free time visiting Bilal, a guy he used to know in France. When Antoine tells Cécile that he wants her to leave Natan, she violently rejects him. But she's finally touched by Antoine's romantic passion and she starts to think about the possibility to rekindle her old flame for him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Changing Times
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arab
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
