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- 2006
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2006
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 34 m
Summary An architect (Depardieu) accepts an assignment in Tangiers, in the hope of picking up his relationship with an old flame (Deneuve).
Directed By: André Téchiné
Written By: Laurent Guyot, Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné
- 2006
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2006
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 34 m
Changing Times
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Summary An architect (Depardieu) accepts an assignment in Tangiers, in the hope of picking up his relationship with an old flame (Deneuve).
Directed By: André Téchiné
Written By: Laurent Guyot, Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
64
69% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This magnificent pair are the heart of Techine's film, and the sense of frayed, aging beauty and handsomeness they now carry helps project the picture's main theme: the imperishability of true love.
Another gorgeous and immensely satisfying reminder that there are few better directors than Téchiné when it comes to capturing the vagaries of the heart.
Full of last-minute surprises, this willfully slippery movie seems to make the case both for mixing it up and sticking to your own kind. Which is all of a piece with the sensibility of this wonderfully ambiguous filmmaker, a visionary of our changing times.
There's something uniquely pleasurable about watching a director in total command of his craft, even when that craft is in service of a scattershot melodrama with pale intimations of social relevance.
There isn't a flicker of chemistry between these old pros in Andre Techine's peculiar melodrama.
It's always enjoyable watching Depardieu and Deneuve, but they deserve better material than they've been given by Techine.
If the title, knee-jerk cast, pop-song intro, and schmaltzy plotline of his new film Changing Times is any indication, he's (André Téchiné) now the French mainstream, the premier Gallic pilot of high-toned soap opera.
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Production Company
Gemini Films,
France 2 Cinéma,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Canal+,
TPS Star,
Banque Populaire Images 5,
Sofica Soficinéma,
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Agora Films
Release Date Jul 14, 2006
Duration 1 h 34 m
Tagline Un premier amour peut-il devenir un dernier amour? (Can a first love become a last love?)
Awards
Satellite Awards
• 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
