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Time Out

2001 · 134 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into a man's escalating lies, watching him drift through highways and half-truths with mounting dread.

Directed by: Laurent Cantet
Genres: Drama
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet

Overview: An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.

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Directed by: Laurent Cantet
Genres: Drama
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
identity
isolation
work
family
Places: road trip
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Laurent Cantet
Written by: Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
Starring: Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet, Jean-Pierre Mangeot, Monique Mangeot, Didier Reyes, Philippe Jouannet
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Pierre Milon
Runtime: 134 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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