le temps qui reste start with an interesting plot. the main character a professional photographer gets the verdict that he suffers from cancer, and only has one month to live. his chances to survive are so minimal that he refuses chemo-therapy, what is understandable.
so the film starts with an interesting opening question. everybody can ask himself the question, what should i do when hearing that, and your interest is caught. but after that my interest decreases every 10 minutes ending with the thought, please let him die now.
how comes? ozon's main character isn't the most sympathetic guy, but the real problem for me was the pseudo intellectual psychology behind the characters, the total lack of subtlety and the exaggerated and unbelievable plot changes. for me it was impossible to understand the decisions of romain the photographer. OK romain is not really good in maintaining intimate relationships, he is arrogant and selfish (the actor does a good job here), but for me Ozon was not capable in showing all these aspects in an interesting way. he didn't added anything of value in the movie.
ozon tries to show aspects of today's egoism, of people who are incapable of talking about feelings, about relationships. he shows how people can be incapable of changing, letting go their pride and excuse themselves. but there is no evolution in the movie. it leads to nothing, only to his death, and the one dimensional character of romain couldn't keep my interest. if you would like to see a poetic movie about life, i would suggest not to pick this one.
so the film starts with an interesting opening question. everybody can ask himself the question, what should i do when hearing that, and your interest is caught. but after that my interest decreases every 10 minutes ending with the thought, please let him die now.
how comes? ozon's main character isn't the most sympathetic guy, but the real problem for me was the pseudo intellectual psychology behind the characters, the total lack of subtlety and the exaggerated and unbelievable plot changes. for me it was impossible to understand the decisions of romain the photographer. OK romain is not really good in maintaining intimate relationships, he is arrogant and selfish (the actor does a good job here), but for me Ozon was not capable in showing all these aspects in an interesting way. he didn't added anything of value in the movie.
ozon tries to show aspects of today's egoism, of people who are incapable of talking about feelings, about relationships. he shows how people can be incapable of changing, letting go their pride and excuse themselves. but there is no evolution in the movie. it leads to nothing, only to his death, and the one dimensional character of romain couldn't keep my interest. if you would like to see a poetic movie about life, i would suggest not to pick this one.