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Changing Times(Les Temps qui changent)

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France · 2004
1h 30m
Director André Téchiné
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi
Genre Drama, Romance

In Tangiers where he traveled for his work, a man finds the woman he loved, and attempts to revive their romance though it ended some 30 years earlier.

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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

While incontrovertibly light compared to contemporary master of melodrama Andre Techine's best work, this 2005 romance is best enjoyed as the welcome reunion of two of French cinema's most beloved stars.

70

Variety by Lisa Nesselson

A Cathererine Deneuve-Gerard Depardieu vehicle that leaves ample room for interesting supporting characters, this moody, more-bitter-than-sweet ode to anxiety is intense adult fare reinforced by effective no frills lensing.

50

Village Voice by Michael Atkinson

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.

67

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

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.

80

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

In Changing Times, Mr. Téchiné, the great French director, is near the peak of his form. Weaving a half dozen subplots, he creates a set of variations on the theme of divided sensibilities tugging one another into states of perpetual unrest and possible happiness.

50

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

It's always enjoyable watching Depardieu and Deneuve, but they deserve better material than they've been given by Techine.

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