“A gently smart and warm-spirited look at love as the core term of human existence.” - Pat Brown, Slant Magazine
“A poetic memoir, a brittle family-tension comedy, a game playing on the twin registers of storytelling and autobiography, in the tradition of that French literary genre called 'autofiction." - Jonathan Romney, Screen International
Opens August 29 | As lockdown begins in the spring of 2020, director Paul Berger (Vincent Macaigne) returns to his idyllic childhood home outside of Paris and hunkers down with his filmmaker girlfriend Carole (Nora Hamzawi), his rock n’ roll journalist brother Etienne (Micha Lescot), and Etienne’s new girlfriend Morgan (Nine d’Urso). The tense times and tight quarters lead to sibling squabbles and petty bickering, yet Paul finds a surprising contentment in the forced confinement of pandemic life, and a welcome opportunity to reflect on what he wants for himself in a post-COVID world. A witty comedy from French master Olivier Assayas (CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, PERSONAL SHOPPER), SUSPENDED TIME is a charming lesson about what we learn when we’re forced to slow things down.
Awards & Nominations
Official Selection - Berlin International Film Festival
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu