L'Emploi du temps (international title Time Out) is a 2001 French drama directed by Laurent Cantet, starring Aurélien Recoing and Karin Viard. Loosely based on the life story of Jean-Claude Romand (though without the criminal element), it focuses on one of Cantet's favorite subject matters: a man's relationship with his job. L'Emploi du Temps has received considerable attention internationally and was shown at the Venice Film Festival and Montrea...
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L'Emploi du temps (international title Time Out) is a 2001 French drama directed by Laurent Cantet, starring Aurélien Recoing and Karin Viard. Loosely based on the life story of Jean-Claude Romand (though without the criminal element), it focuses on one of Cantet's favorite subject matters: a man's relationship with his job. L'Emploi du Temps has received considerable attention internationally and was shown at the Venice Film Festival and Montreal's New Cinema Festival. It was one of the independent films to be featured at the 2005 Traverse City Film Festival.
The film tells the story of Vincent, a middle-aged man who is laid off after having spent more than 11 years working for a prestigious consulting firm. Unable to admit to his family that he has been fired, the unemployed executive continues to pretend he is going to the office every day. In reality, Vincent spends his time aimlessly driving the highways of France and Switzerland, reading papers, or sleeping in his car.
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