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Time Out
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PG13,2hrs 14min
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2001
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Miramax
Synopsis: 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. Unable to tell his family about his firing, Vincent spends his workdays driving around the French countryside --"business trips" ... Full Synopsis
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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 examination of the ways in which a societal emphasis on work has cramped ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Muriel
Jean-Michel
Vincent's father
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