TIME TO LEAVE

TIME TO LEAVE (LE TEMPS QUI RESTE), 2005

France| DVD, Color, 81’ | French, German, English

Cast:Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

The second film in Ozon’s Trilogy of Death, Time to Leave is the story of Romain, a photographer who realizes he has a terminal illness. After driving away those that are close to him, he later helps a female stranger in unexpected ways. Learning he has a malignant brain tumor, Romain makes his sister cry in the midst of a family dinner, abandons his partner out of the blue, and will not reveal his secret to anyone but his grandmother. But when a waitress he does not know asks him for help, he shows her sympathy. Time to Leave offers a uniquely Ozon-esque approach to the topic of death.