
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
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| Filmcritic.comDon Willmotttakes one of the most tired movie cliches of all time -- "I'm sorry, but you only have a few months to live." -- and turns into to a totally fresh look at what it truly means to live |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseA cinematic tone poem, wafting on wistful tableaus and sad faces....mostly elaborates on how death must ultimately be a personal experience. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealThose looking for the traditional Hollywood sweetness or payoffs will walk away disappointed, but the rough-hewn film offers riches to those willing to endure its downbeat tale of detachment. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsA touching and haunting film that is more uplifting than its central theme suggests, Time To Leave leaves us with much to reflect upon, and consider. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippRomain sees his inner child wherever he goes. The problem is, that childishness is all we really understand about the character. Nothing else punches through. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineAn emotionally moving story, which somehow never dips into cliched sentimentality. |
| Film Comment MagazinePaul FileriTime to Leave strikes a certain register of restrained placidity, yet in the end, succumbs to more and more frequent idealizing interludes. |
| Sight and SoundRyan GilbeyThe entire film is a balancing trick, with scenes of potential banality redeemed at the last by a subtle twist or subversion. In their conflicted expressions, the performers prove themselves experts at their own high-wire acts. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbitmaintains its focus and disturbs appropriately |
| Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez... the film's haunting final scene, which plays out almost entirely without dialogue, catches Ozon at his beguiling, enigmatic best. |