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Suspended Time

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As society recedes in the spring of 2020, film director Paul Berger (Vincent Macaigne) returns to his childhood home in the provincial Chevreuse Valley. Still processing the legacy of his parents and feeling out the uncertain shape of the world to come, Paul hunkers down with his documentary filmmaker girlfriend Carole (Nora Hamzawi), his music journalist brother Etienne (Micha Lescot), and Etienne's new girlfriend Morgan (Nine d'Urso). Squabbling over the minutiae of health protocols and the morality of a hermetic lifestyle mediated by ubiquitous online shopping, the makeshift household finds new ways to lacerate familiar wounds. Yet Paul also finds a surprising refuge in the compulsory quietude of pandemic life, an opportunity to reconnect with the books and art and enchanted forests of his youth. A scabrous French comedy from master filmmaker Olivier Assayas, Suspended Time is a sharply personal and fiercely neurotic ode to the eternal expanse of memory and the allure of life beyond our personal screens.
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Olivier Assayas

Director

Vincent Macaigne

Paul

Micha Lescot

Etienne

Nine d'Urso

Morgane

Nora Hamzawi

Carole

Maud Wyler

Flavia

Critics Reviews

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David Jenkins Little White Lies The film ambles along in a very agreeable seriocomic fashion and does not concern itself with a contrived dramatic arc. Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Kevin Maher The Times (UK) There’s really nothing happening beyond the self-consciously artsy chat between Paul, brother Etienne (Micha Lescot) and poorly sketched partners. Rated: 2/5 Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Adam Solomons IndieWire Its over-reliance on pandemic rituals stops it from being able to explore its deeper feelings in a full way, and places it in a genre that no one seems able to crack. Maybe it’s time to stop trying. Rated: C+ Feb 18, 2024 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online It’s all very low-key, even subdued, but gradually a portrait emerges of a middle-aged man forced to confront major life changes, particularly with regard to how death becomes a material concern rather than an abstract idea. Mar 12, 2025 Full Review Mariona Borrull Fotogramas It's escapism, but escapism of the good kind. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 27, 2024 Full Review Elsa Fernández-Santos El Pais (Spain) Assayas builds a sort of confessional film for those initiated into his life and work that mixes a tone of familial documentary and autobiographical comedy a la Woody Allen but with less humor, while still somewhat revealing... [Full review in Spanish] Nov 27, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As society recedes in the spring of 2020, film director Paul Berger (Vincent Macaigne) returns to his childhood home in the provincial Chevreuse Valley. Still processing the legacy of his parents and feeling out the uncertain shape of the world to come, Paul hunkers down with his documentary filmmaker girlfriend Carole (Nora Hamzawi), his music journalist brother Etienne (Micha Lescot), and Etienne's new girlfriend Morgan (Nine d'Urso). Squabbling over the minutiae of health protocols and the morality of a hermetic lifestyle mediated by ubiquitous online shopping, the makeshift household finds new ways to lacerate familiar wounds. Yet Paul also finds a surprising refuge in the compulsory quietude of pandemic life, an opportunity to reconnect with the books and art and enchanted forests of his youth. A scabrous French comedy from master filmmaker Olivier Assayas, Suspended Time is a sharply personal and fiercely neurotic ode to the eternal expanse of memory and the allure of life beyond our personal screens.
Director
Olivier Assayas
Producer
Olivier Delbosc, Olivier Assayas
Screenwriter
Olivier Assayas
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Vortex Sutra, Curiosa Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 45m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)