Days or hours
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Days or hours |
| Original title | Deux jours à tuer |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean Becker |
| script |
Eric Assous François d'Épenoux Jean Becker |
| production | Louis Becker |
| music |
Alain Goraguer Patrick Goraguer |
| camera | Arthur Cloquet |
| cut | Jacques Witta |
| occupation | |
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Days or Hours (original title: Deux jours à tuer ) is a French film drama by Jean Becker from 2008. The script was based on the novel of the same name by the writer François d'Épenoux. The film was released in France on April 30, 2008.
action
From one day to the next, Antoine questions everything that has been achieved so far. The advertising man is fed up with the lying flattery towards his wealthy customers. And apparently not much remains of his love for his wife Cécile. At his birthday party, he doesn't mince his words anymore and rudely abuses his friends. On the same evening he leaves his wife and children. After a short stop at his neurologist, he made his way to Ireland. There he visits his father, a passionate fisherman with whom he has had a hypothermic relationship since he was 13, and tries to talk to him. On a fishing trip together, Antoine collapses and worries his father. Antoine tells of his incurable illness and his intention to die. He was mean to those around him so that no one would mourn him after his death.
Locations
The landscape of the Connemara region of western Ireland served as the backdrop for the scenes in Ireland. All other recordings were made in France, more precisely in the Départments Manche and Yvelines as well as in the capital Paris .
Reviews
“Brilliantly played and staged, albeit heavily constructed tragicomedy with philosophical-religious undertones. In quick cuts and camera movements as well as the rapidly progressing action, she ruminates on the fleeting nature of happiness and conveys her 'carpe diem' message in a comprehensible way. "
“For the final part of the film, however, director Jean Becker came up with a cinematic, unreal, melodramatic twist that dramatically and emotionally damages his main character and his film. In the end, "days or hours" has become an ambiguous (miss) pleasure. What a shame ..."
Web links
- Days or hours in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Days or hours on the website of the production company StudioCanal (French)
- Days or hours in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for days or hours . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 660 K).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IMDb locations
- ↑ days or hours. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ dradio.de
