FULL TIME
| 2023 – 87′ – Drama –
Written by Eric Gravel.
Directed by Eric Gravel.
Starring Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Cyril Gueï, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lemaître Cremaschi, Agathe Dronne,
Official Selections Venice Film Festival, The American French Film Festival 2022 (Winner Audience Award)
In French with English subtitles.
A Music Box Films release.|
Julie’s in a race against the clock in Éric Gravel‘s kinetic second opus, Full Time, which presents the daily routine of a work-a-day mom as a high-stakes intrigue. Nervous, pulsing music building on the soundtrack, its heroine constantly running, the film almost plays like a thriller. But Julie (Call My Agent‘s star Laure Calamy) is simply the single mother of two young children, living in the suburbs, with a very long commute back and forth to her demanding job as head chambermaid at a ritzy Paris hotel. She has a lot of balls to keep in the air to make it all work — convincing her nanny not to quit, making sure her ex sends child support payments on time, planning birthday parties, etc. That’s on a normal day, and not including tending the kids and the pressure she’s under at work. Julie no sooner lands an interview for a plum marketing job more suited to her professional and educational experience… when a general transit strike is announced. Everything grinds to a halt, obstacles multiply, delays and complications snowball… until it’s almost a matter of life and death. As Julie, Laure Calamy’s breathless, pitch-perfect performance keeps us on the edge of our seats from start to finish.