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Actors: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Time Out |
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TIME OUT (L'Emploi du temps) was co-written and directed by the French director Laurent Cantet in 2001.
Vincent, a business executive, is laid off of his company. Three months later, he still did not inform its family of it. He continues to leave each morning his house and telephones two times per day with Muriel, his wife, supposedly from his work, while he's spending his days driving in the countryside. One day, Vincent tells his wife that he has found a new job in the United Nations organization in Geneva. Switzerland.
From now on, Vincent does not return any more than the weekend home and spends his time visiting the surroundings of Geneva. But soon, the money starting to be lacking to him, he contacts several of his acquaintances and promises unrealistic yields to them if they agree to entrust their economies to him. During this time, Muriel raises questions in connection with her husband and does not understand why Vincent refuses to make her visit his new apartment in Geneva which he says to have bought. Their children also start to move away from this father whom they do not see any more but occasionally.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Time Out |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- marriage going to pieces
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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