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In Reply to: Re: L'Emploi du temps (Time Out) - get it! posted by jamesgarvin on November 29, 2004 at 10:45:35:
I found it was easy to get inside the hero's skin and live that part of his life. Many of his actions were very human, even if wrong... and that doesn't happen all too often in films.
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Given all of life's struggles, and need to keep appearances, I can certainly see where a person would want to save "face" with their family and friends. Up to the point in time he meets the stranger who offers him a real, albeit shady, way to make a leaving, I believe that was his motivation. However, the turn of events at the end of the film left me with the impression that the need to keep appearances was not for the purpose of his family and friends, although he needed to do, it was really to convince himself.
Well, his whole progress through the situation, from the almost playful beginning (smiles, having good time, almost enjoying his "vacation" and endless rest stops) through his shady deals and... back to his normal middle-class existence was done in a rather interesting and revealing fashion. Yes, it was about keeping the appearances, and also about an attempt to leave it all behind. He however is not a kind of a person to really make a clean break and take his chances, so his ways of dealing with it all were rather passive - borrowing money... and he is not really a fighter, so the ending is very consistent with his nature - after a brief affair with freedom he is back into line again.One might say there was nothing earth shattering in that story, and that is true, but it was a story that is bound to resonate in many of us, and told in good quiet style.
That smuggler character was extremely good... he had an almost Parfifii quality (from Crime and Punishment) with a dash of Lucifer thrown in for good measure... but a complete and alive creature.
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