"Now he must decide between his life of lies...or the truth."

Time Out (2001)
Directed by Laurent Cantet, rated PG-13, 134 minutes

Time Out is a bleak and almost disturbing French drama about an unemployed man who works hard to keep his friends and family from finding out that he lost his job. Aurelien Recoing is absolutely mesmerizing as the lead, with a simple look on his face he can convey more than dialogue could. The story easily builds tension, and brilliantly wraps you up in the main character's lies, making you live and die with him. Time Out came out in 2001, but it has only become more and more relevant, and has one incredible and ambiguous ending. You'll like it if: French cinema, psychological dramas, gloomy dramas, Festen, Nights of Cabiria or Falling Down.

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