Wow. What a poetic death - Le temps qui reste (2005) Discussion

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[–] Fellini1977 18 years ago

oops. i didnt said that he died.
its an open ending...

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[–] jerry4444 18 years ago

I'm glad the movie is finally released in the States....

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[–] cornelia123 18 years ago

I agree, a beautiful poetic death.

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[–] jerry4444 18 years ago

I wonder if you guys could think of an alternative ending?

He's cured and goes back to Sasha; Meets his son several years later?

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[–] cornelia123 18 years ago

20 years later Sasha is at a party and sees Romain's son, who looks just like him....

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[–] jerry4444 18 years ago

Interesting....Or maybe the adoptive parents were actually not as loving as Romain thought, and he had to rescue the son from an abusive and destructive family. But to do so legally, he would have to be married and he went on a quest to find the perfect one to fulfill this role, for real....

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[–] de_makke 17 years ago

He goes to the toilet and tries to push one out too hard, then he pops a vein and dies.

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[–] lomovsky 17 years ago

Wouldn't it be cool if the ending goes like this?....
At the end of the movie,after the sun sets upon Romain's face...the screen fades to black...and then a few seconds later,it's suddenly bright again and we see both of Romain's eyes...close up...then we hear someone say...."OPEN YOUR EYES"...then the eyes open...then cut to credits...haha

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[–] imgeorg 17 years ago

No, it would not!

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[–] nonon99_99 17 years ago

I wish I die in this way, it is like going back to the origin.

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[–] cornelia123 16 years ago

Yes, source of life........water. Beautiful death.

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[–] SeisCinemaSeis 15 years ago

Whether Romain dies or not in the beach, is kinda irrelevant. But that ending is one of the most beautiful, touching and poetic ones I have ever seen. It reminded me the best of Kieslowski.
I enjoyed the entire movie but that final shot, with the sun dying while Romain is probably dying as well, it was pure poetry. For scenes like this is why I love movies. Merci monsieur Ozon!

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[–] MsGallant 15 years ago

Indeed a most beautiful and poetic scene.

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[–] Perverzion 14 years ago

Check out Pasolini's "Death in Venice." It will look familiar

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[–] Bree_33 14 years ago

Death In Venice WAS DIRECTED BY Visconti

Death is not poetic at all...

We are cut, we are fallen. We are become part of that unfeeling universe that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie asleep. We have renounced our station and lie now flat, withered and how soon forgotten!

There is only a thin sheet between me now and the infinite depths.

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