Time Out
Summary:
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. Unab... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Aurélien Recoing - (Vincent)
Karin Viard - (Muriel)
Serge Livozet - (Jean-Michel)
Jean-Pierre Mangeot - (Vincent's father)
Monique Mangeot - (Vincent's mother)
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Review:
Precise, deliberate, and resolutely political, Laurent Cantet's L'emploi du temps (released in the U.S. as Time Out) is a remarkably assured film for a second-time director. Betraying a preoccupation with work as a pet theme -- his debut feature, 1999's Human Resources, also revolved around the subject -- Cantet crafts a searing exam... Continue >>
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