Synopsis
Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
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Cast
- Melvil PoupaudRomain
- Jeanne MoreauLaura
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiJany
- Daniel DuvalPère
- Marie RivièreMère
- Christian SengewaldSasha
- Louise-Anne HippeauSophie
- Henri de LormeMédecin
- Walter PaganoBruno
- Ugo Soussan TrabelsiBruno enfant
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
It's a magnificent miniature, a supremely tender work that's full of emotion and even sentimentality. - 88
New York Post
Time to Leave just might be Ozon's best work yet. He tackles a sensitive, off-putting subject with a dignity that will put viewers at ease. Poupaud connects as the dying man and Moreau is - Moreau, a French national treasure. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
What makes the film intriguing, and somewhat off-putting, is that Romain is deliberately portrayed as a heel; he strains his relations with his lover and his family, except for his grandmother (Moreau), to the breaking point. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
As with all Ozon's work, Time to Leave resounds with grace notes. The wide-screen cinematography by Jeanne Lapoirie offsets (or maybe disguises) the movie's narrow scope, and there's something private--withholding--in Poupaud's beauty that gives his misanthropy a touch of mystery. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A short and succinct film but it lingers long in the memory. - 70
The New York Times
Time to Leave subordinates narrative to mood. Since the end of the story is never in doubt, the only surprises lie in the particulars of Romain’s behavior and the nuances of sorrow, determination and doubt that pass over Mr. Poupaud’s face. - 67
The A.V. Club
Ozon's disappointing new film Time To Leave is his "The Flower Of My Secret," a Douglas Sirk-inspired weepie about a terminal cancer victim making amends, but it's a little too sentimental and square even by his recent standards. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Moreau's few ripe scenes are choice, and she spices up the joint with her gravelly voice of je ne regrette rien.
