The second in a planned trilogy of films about death and grief (the first was 2000's UNDER THE SAND), Francois Ozon's rigorously unsentimental portrait of a 31-year-old fashion photographer who abruptly learns that he has only a few months to live is an icy antidote to the bromide that the embrace of impending mortality is the gateway to spiritual evolution. And though it superficially resembles MY LIFE WITHOUT ME (2003), in which a young wife and mother (Sarah Polley) chooses to prepare for her demise in secret, it's a far chillier piece of work. After fainting during a rooftop fashion shoot, handsome, successful Romain (Melvil Poupaud) is ready for bad news. "Is it...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins