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SummaryJulie (Laure Calamy) can’t catch a break. For a single mother raising two children in the suburbs of Paris but working in the city, the commuter train is a lifeline–and it’s suddenly been severed during the latest transit strike. Without the train, Julie can’t get to her job as the head maid at a five-star hotel–or to the interview for a better j... Read More

Directed By:Eric Gravel

Written By:Eric Gravel

Full Time

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Feb 9, 2023
90
Los Angeles Times
Gravel, in the heart-stopping vein of Belgium’s social-realism-minded Dardennes brothers, invests his protagonist’s one-challenge-at-a-time needs with the kind of visual intimacy and racing rhythm that makes us feel intensely close to Julie, from first sprint in her dehumanizing day to the exhaling bathtub soak she takes each night.
Feb 2, 2023
90
TheWrap
Full Time . . . depicts the never-ending sprint that is Julie’s life as a struggling single mom, rendering this social-realist drama as a gritty, heart-pounding thriller, with breathless, naturalistic handheld cinematography by Victor Seguin and an adrenaline-pounding electronic score by Irène Drésel.
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Apr 16, 2023
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alanpotter17
Antes de dar o play, é preciso respirar bem fundo para encher o pulmão de ar, e assim aguentar a correria solta. Esqueça aquela velha definição de filme francês como filme parado onde nada acontece. Vamos acompanhar durante uma semana a (literalmente) correria de uma mãe solo que se desdobra entre uma cidade longínqua e Paris, para dar conta de sustentar seus dois filhos deixados com a vizinha. Nos últimos anos, o cinema francês tornou-se uma espécie de vitrine para falar sobre o mundo do trabalho, seja ele para nativos ou para refugiados. Aliás, a Europa em si, fruto dos avanços das contradições do capital. Aqui há uma carga imensa pelo fato da protagonista ser mãe e mulher, mas também por trabalhar em uma área que está longe de condizer com sua formação: lá pelas tantas descobrimos que a protagonista possui Mestrado em economia, é meio chocante vela como serviçal em um hotel de luxo, tendo que, literalmente, limpar fezes de artistas. Mas o filme não é apenas sobre a proletarização e condições de trabalho. Em meio ao caos urbano de uma metrópole internacional, pipocam protestos e reivindicações estudantis que afetam o cotidiano do transporte pública. Para Julie, interpretada visceralmente por Laure Calamy, resta-lhe os atropelos causados pelo protesto, como a dificuldade no transporte público, os ônibus e os metrôs tendo o cronograma alterado pelo efeito das ruas, "atrapalhando o tráfego", como diria Chico Buarque. Num mundo onde o tempo do relógio comanda nossas vidas, não há tempo para consciência de classe quando o filho reclama não ter um lanche sequer. Pode-se trabalhar em Paris, assim como "Medianeras" deu conta de falar sobre uma Buenos Aires lotada de solidão, e ainda assim sentir-se sozinha e perdida. O filme também tem espaço para discutir o abandono parental, num pai que sequer vemos a cara, que sequer ligou para o filho no dia do aniversário dele, que Julien conseguiu a proeza de ainda organizar, mostrando que a mulher multitarefa é uma imposição social das mais perversas. Quando ela finalmente dorme mais do que o necessário no domingo (para os padrões do capitalismo ocidental), nós, meros telespectadores do casos, dormimos junto com ela, e sabemos que em breve sua semana recomeçará com a correria, as incertezas e a exploração de sempre. Os filhos reclamam tempo, ela reclamada o tempo, a vizinha reclama o tempo. Não há espaços para contemplação, para vazios, para o lazer. É o capital sugando nossas famílias, fazendo com que ela distribua currículos sem mencionar o mestrado. É o capital apagando nossas subjetividades para nos fazer encaixar ao sistema. A cena final, quando ela recebe uma ligação no parque, não é arrebatadora, e sim cruel. É a perpetuação de um ciclo sobre o capitalismo que "deu certo", sobre a engrenagem que continua a rodar. Ela fora avisada que, no próximo emprego, haverá de trabalhar muito. Haverá de trabalhar num cargo inferior. Mas pouco importa. E exploração e seu fio condutor continua intacta. Nada mudou nem haverá de mudar, pelo menos a curto prazo. Os protestos das ruas, inócuos, talvez podem baixar a guarda para pelo menos o trânsito e a mobilidade urbana fluírem melhor. A alienação, então, parece ser a única via possível para não surtar, ou ao menos para sobreviver de forma mais efetiva. E olha que estamos falando aqui de Paris, a cidade luz. Filme angustiante, necessário, urgente. E é muita sorte assistí-lo tendo tempo de descanso, consumir arte, consumir cinema. É o filme síntese do "sem tempo, irmão", com várias chibatadas nas costas, especialmente na consciência.
Oct 5, 2023
8
KenR
Full Time – Non-Stop Transit Bad Dream This is quality movie making, highlighting the hand-to-mouth existence of a single working mum - struggling to keep the wolf from the door while commuting to and from Paris during a crippling transport strike. For his second feature, writer/director Eric Gravel makes sure not a moment is wasted on unnecessary story details - this is solid storytelling capturing the exhausting, everyday battles so many modern parents and workers are forced to face in cities all over the world - while also being a strong comment on social and personal mores. Laure Calamy’s striking performance certainly earns the well-deserved praise for her award-winning performance as the 5 star chambermaid trapped in hideous robot-like working conditions. While not all the ideas may come off perfectly, its good stuff, with a Tangerine Dream like soundscape to keep it moving. Recommended as above–average quality, for discerning viewers.
Feb 10, 2023
88
Chicago Tribune
The film is a master class in reactivity, and Calamy manages it with perfect dramatic pitch.
Feb 13, 2023
83
The Playlist
Molehills to the rich feel like mountains to the working class, and Gravel finds the stylistic tools that can translate such scale into riveting cinema — and confer the kind of importance that the Julies all over the world deserve.
Feb 23, 2023
80
The New Yorker
As the title promises, Full Time is centered on work. It’s one of the best recent movies about work, and it approaches the subject with sharply analytical specificity.
Jan 30, 2023
80
Screen Daily
It’s a propulsively intense piece of filmmaking – at times a bit like watching a highwire chainsaw juggling act about to go horribly and catastrophically wrong.
Jan 30, 2023
63
Slant Magazine
Full Time doesn’t have much to say about organized labor, or labor in general, other than that work can be really stressful.
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Apr 10, 2023
8
chemicalE
Saying the performance of the cast was great would be an understatement. You don't feel disenchanted at any point of time. The music is so damn engrossing, drags you right into the movie and doesn't let you loose from its grip for even a second. The whole screen is meant for the viewer to see. I honestly kept dreading the end.
Jan 28, 2026
7
famfacat
A Relentlessly Suffocating Social Thriller on How Hardship Compounds for the Vulnerable, Where Fleeting Success Offers No Guarantee of Lasting Relief.221229 (3.5)Misfortune gains terrifying momentum for the impoverished and vulnerable. I struggle so much watching stories that are this emotionally agonizing; even when a sudden, sparkling success arrives, there is never any guarantee of how long that relief will last. Julie endures an unrelenting barrage of crises: mischievous children who are oblivious to her inner turmoil, a clumsy new maid making costly mistakes, an impending birthday for her son while her ex-husband refuses to send child support and cuts off all contact, and nationwide transit strikes paralyzing the city—barely ten minutes into the runtime, the atmosphere is already utterly suffocating. Desperate to attend a crucial corporate job interview, she cannot secure time off work, while commuting to her luxury hotel shift and traveling anywhere becomes nearly impossible as public transportation shuts down across the board. Expensive cab fares and hotel stays pile up alongside the cost of buying a new interview suit; collection calls from the bank ring constantly while her ex-husband remains completely unreachable. Backed into a desperate corner, Julie inadvertently gets the naive new maid Lydia fired and recklessly dumps her children overnight on her elderly neighbor Madame Lusigny; though she had virtually no other choice, she ends up throwing her supportive supervisor Sylvie under the bus once her own employment is threatened. Survival is an exhausting, brutal battle, made worse because raising her children prevents her from relocating closer to her workplace in Paris. Her credit card gets suspended, and she initially fails to secure the job. Overwhelmed by exhaustion, she impulsively kisses the father of her son's friend Léo after he helps her with a ride, clearly on the verge of complete burnout as tears stream down. With her finances entirely drained and no options left, her son breaks his arm while playing outside, driving her to break open the children's piggy bank for spare change. The elderly neighbor eventually refuses to babysit any longer after her own daughter threatens to report the neglect to child protective services. Even with understandable career ambitions, applying for an intense job with an even harsher commute when she already struggles to care for her kids feels reckless, despite the tragedy of wasting her master's degree in economics; ultimately, she loses her maid job entirely and applies as a cashier at a local supermarket. Just when every hope seems broken and Julie Roy reaches the absolute bottom, she receives a delayed call confirming she actually got the corporate role, signaling the start of yet another grueling, relentless trial.
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Feb 3, 2023
1 h 27 m

Awards

César Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Les Arcs European Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
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