DivX: Le temps qui reste (2005)
Le temps qui reste (Fran?ɬßois Ozon) is about a man (Romain) who finds out that he is terminally ill and has three months to live. We then watch him as he processes this information. He decides to tell certain people and not others (some of whom we would expected him to have told). The way he handles certain relationships is very interesting as you watch him struggle between the desire to be alone and loneliness; with living life to the fullest and his mortality.
Ozon didn’t take the story where one typically would expect, which was refreshing. Romain is basically a selfish jerk, but unlike Hollywood formulas does not miraculously change into a different person. Yes, he does go through changes, but not in a cookie-cutter type of way.
Another refreshing thing was that Romain was not another gay characater dying of AIDS. Yes, films about gay men with AIDS are relevant and important, but they certainly abound; it was nice to see a film where a gay man was dealing with something other than AIDS, discrimination, or going to the gym.
