Time Out

★★★★★

Original title: L'emploi du temps

2001 · 2 h 14 min

Directed by Laurent Cantet · France · Contemporary European Art Cinema

Drama

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Cast

Aurélien Recoing Karin Viard Serge Livrozet

Credits

Written by: Robin Campillo

Plot

A man who has lost his job tells his family that he has taken a new one abroad and carries on living a lie.

Sinekatalog’s take

Laurent Cantet's drama follows a man who loses his job and hides it from his family, pretending to work abroad. Quiet, tense and humane, it is a chilling, psychologically acute study of shame and identity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (5,350 votes)
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