Dodging the Clock

Dodging the Clock

2005 · 100 min · FR · 6.5 (26 votes)
Dir. Ricardo Trogi · Starring Patrice Robitaille, Pierre-François Legendre, Jean-Philippe Pearson, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Julie Perreault, Geneviève Alarie · Music Frédéric Bégin

“A group of 30-somethings are forced to choose between the pleasures of single life or becoming parents.”

Comedy

The passage of time is probably the only concrete proof we have that justice exists in this cruel world. Some people would like to stop time in its tracks, while others choose to follow its path. In this story, three men in their early thirties have reached that age when it's time to start thinking about "getting a life", perhaps starting a family. But how do you handle the fact that your friendships are changing? That, slowly, your new family is becoming the center of your ever-shrinking world? What do you do when you realize your youth is a thing of the past?

VIBE

This film feels like a warm, wry look at friendships shifting as life inevitably marches on. It captures the bittersweet ache of realizing youth is fading, but finds humor and heart in the evolving bonds of early adulthood.

wrybittersweetnostalgiclightheartedsteadyslice-of-lifecharacter-drivenindie comedyfriendshipagingfamilycoming-of-age
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