CHANGING TIMES
aka LES TEMPS QUI CHANGENT
Year: 2004
USA: Koch Lorber Films
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi, Lubna Azabal, Tanya Lopert, Nabila Baraka, Nadem Rachati, Bouchaïd Kidi
Director: Andre Techine
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 100 mins
USA Release Date: 14 July 2006 (Limited Release - New York)
Synopsis
Cecile (Catherine Deneuve) has settled in Tangiers and lives there with her Moroccan husband, Nathan (Gilbert Melki) who's younger than her. Their grown up son, Sami (Malik Zidi), has just joined them from Paris with his partner Nadia (Lubna Azabal).
Meanwhile a French engineer, Antoine (Gerard Depardieu), who loved Cecile over 30 years ago but they broke up, has moved to Tangiers to supervise the construction of a major television facility. Antoine has never forgotten Cecile and sets out with a renewed determination to meet up with her again. He conspires to get close to her again but she has moved on with her life and finds his sudden intrusions throw her life and her family's into utter turmoil.