Full Time

Full Time image - a film by Eric Gravel
Full Time image - a film by Eric Gravel
Full Time image - a film by Eric Gravel
Full Time image - a film by Eric Gravel
Full Time image - a film by Eric Gravel
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Full Time - a film by Eric Gravel
A performance of superb intimacy and credibility. Laure Calamy has an extraordinary ability to project warmth, as well as strength. Her character here is down but never out.
Dynamic and thrumming. For anyone who still doubts that ordinary daily life could provide the material for high-stakes drama, this film offers a stunning riposte. A race-the-clock thriller that starts in fourth gear and barely lets up, but never for a moment neglects the human stakes at this story’s heart.
Superb. A considerable achievement. Shot and edited with flawless precision. This immensely impressive film is a vivid demonstration that, in the right hands, an everyday subject can be transformed into a major success.
David Stratton
THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
Recommended - I enjoyed it very much. An impressive, superbly staged class thriller. Exciting, propulsive, and very compassionate.
Jason Di Rosso
ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Fascinating. An adrenaline-pumping viewing experience.
Utterly irresistible. Fantastique. Merveilleux. Etonnant. Remarquable. No matter which French superlative you pick, Full Time lives up to it. Calamy is nothing short of brilliant. Not to be missed.
From the first frame to the last, the tension barely lets up. Laure Calamy is superb - it’s a brilliant performance.
Astonishing. Absolutely wonderful. The most exciting thriller you will see this year.
David Michael Brown
CINEMASCAPE
A tense social-realist drama that applies a pressure-cooker style to a universal situation. Calamy is sensational; she’s right at the front of the pack of screen actresses now.
CJ Johnson
ABC LOCAL RADIO
A-. An intense, memorable journey that delivers a worthy punchline. Laure Calamy shows her dramatic talents are the equal to her comedic ones. She will make you care genuinely for the character and hope that a few good breaks go her way.
Director: Eric Gravel
Cast: Laure Calamy
Duration: 88mins
Country of Origin: France
M
Coarse language
A performance of superb intimacy and credibility. Laure Calamy has an extraordinary ability to project warmth, as well as strength. Her character here is down but never out.
Dynamic and thrumming. For anyone who still doubts that ordinary daily life could provide the material for high-stakes drama, this film offers a stunning riposte. A race-the-clock thriller that starts in fourth gear and barely lets up, but never for a moment neglects the human stakes at this story’s heart.
Superb. A considerable achievement. Shot and edited with flawless precision. This immensely impressive film is a vivid demonstration that, in the right hands, an everyday subject can be transformed into a major success.
David Stratton
THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
Recommended - I enjoyed it very much. An impressive, superbly staged class thriller. Exciting, propulsive, and very compassionate.
Jason Di Rosso
ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Fascinating. An adrenaline-pumping viewing experience.
Utterly irresistible. Fantastique. Merveilleux. Etonnant. Remarquable. No matter which French superlative you pick, Full Time lives up to it. Calamy is nothing short of brilliant. Not to be missed.
From the first frame to the last, the tension barely lets up. Laure Calamy is superb - it’s a brilliant performance.
Astonishing. Absolutely wonderful. The most exciting thriller you will see this year.
David Michael Brown
CINEMASCAPE
A tense social-realist drama that applies a pressure-cooker style to a universal situation. Calamy is sensational; she’s right at the front of the pack of screen actresses now.
CJ Johnson
ABC LOCAL RADIO
A-. An intense, memorable journey that delivers a worthy punchline. Laure Calamy shows her dramatic talents are the equal to her comedic ones. She will make you care genuinely for the character and hope that a few good breaks go her way.

2023 CÉSAR AWARDS - Nominee (x4) - incl. Best Actress & Original Screenplay
WINNER - 2021 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL (Orrizonti Competition) - Best Actress, Best Director
WINNER - 2021 LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL - Cineuropa Award (Best Film), Best Actress

Following her César award-winning performance in Antoinette in the Cévennes and her breakout success in Call My Agent!, the marvellous Laure Calamy demonstrates the phenomenal range of her talents in writer/director Eric Gravel’s gripping drama FULL TIME, as a single woman pushed to her limits when the delicate balance between her home and work life is upended.

Mother of two Julie (Calamy) is making ends meet, getting by as the head chambermaid of a five-star hotel in Paris, with only sporadic alimony payments from her ex-husband. Each meticulously-planned day starts before sunrise, preparing the kids for school and undertaking a long commute to work, where she unflappably completes her duties in time to return to them.

But when a national railway strike breaks out - paralysing the entire Île-de-France public transport system - Julie’s routine is thrown into chaos, increasingly pushing her into a frenetic race against time that threatens everything she’s worked so hard for.

FULL TIME has all the qualities of a pulse-pounding thriller, while offering a superb commentary on the daily hustle that defines modern life. Calamy fully deserves the multiple prizes - including Best Actress at Venice 2021 - awarded for her work here; she and the film’s gasp-inducing final scenes are unforgettable.

Full Time - a film by Eric Gravel

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