TIME OUT | Omeleto Romance
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- A couple meets as their younger selves.
TIME OUT is used with permission from Navin Ramaswaran. Learn more at navinr.com.
Long-term couple Natasha and Kevin are spending time traveling in Italy. Natasha is working in Europe and Kevin is visiting; both are trying to figure out what their future is together.
As they make their way through Milan, the couple decides to play a game where they "meet" as their younger selves. It's a charming conceit that allows them to share their histories, hopes and dreams together. But as their pretend ages catch up to their current ones, it also draws them closer to truths they may not be ready to face quite yet.
This lovely, sensitively rendered romantic drama -- directed by Navin Ramaswaran, written by co-star Adam Langton and produced by co-star Jen Pogue -- begins with a premise that maximizes the innate charm and beauty of its Italian setting, presenting a romantic fantasy that any couple would embrace. A week of romantic leisure in one of the most picturesque countries in Europe, with the chance to share rich, sensuous experiences together: what more would a couple want?
As a product of craft, the film doubles down on its innate advantages, showcasing its beautiful vistas and sights with gorgeous cinematography and graceful camerawork. Part of the film's decided appeal is this vicarious cinematic travel experience, and there's much pleasure to be had simply in absorbing the sights and sounds of another place as Natasha and Kevin wander about, exploring the city around them.
It would almost be too honeymoon-like, in fact, except that the writing and performances have an unusual, intelligent acuity and restraint for its genre. Both main characters are clearly close and know one another well, and both Pogue and Langton have an easy-going, warm rapport that comes from a well-worn ease and affection.
The dialogue stays true to these characters, and never really strays into overly quippy or cutesy registers. These are two smart, engaging human beings interacting and engaging with one another, both clearly pursuing meaning and happiness -- and trying to figure out where the other fits in this journey.
Yet the dance revealed by their take on a role-playing game shows a tentativeness between them: an unspoken and unanswered question about their future. As they inch toward the answer, the film moves towards a scene that isn't afraid to go deep into poignant and powerful emotional territory, with a patience that is almost breathtakingly in its vulnerability and honesty.
TIME OUT begins with a light and ineffable tone and feel, but through its emotional bravery and sincerity, it achieves a deeper, more mature resonance that weighs in viewers' hearts well after the film ends. In a short amount of time, viewers come to care about Natasha and Kevin as a couple and as individuals. And while the ending is beautifully honest, it is also wrenching in how quiet and matter-of-fact it is. Not because the characters are uncaring, but because it's born of two people coming to a certain amount of self-knowledge -- enough to make them realize that despite their love and care for one another, it's just not something they can take with them on their diverging paths in life, making it all the more heartbreaking.
My wife and I were best friends before we got together, so sometimes we'll have conversations where we agree to pretend we're not married. Each of us has an imaginary spouse we're pretending to refer to. Along these lines:
She: He's such a jerk
Me: Sure, but he really does love you, right?
She: I know, but he's just an idiot when...
And so on. It's very liberating to fully step outside oneself, to the degree possible anyway. I like the addition of jumping to a certain age though.
But imaginary spouse is you guys only right? So she was complaining about you(the husband) to you(the friend)🤣
@@ni3070 Exactly!
@@atallguynh good for you bro
Is it easier to take the reproach this way? Like did it help ease the communication?, 🤔
Have been trying this way with my boyfriend but always backfires. 🙁
I love how honest and realistic they are with each other in the last scene.
Loving the discussion and feedback about Time Out! Thank you, everyone for supporting indie content! :)
I love how authentic and original this is. You really don't see that in too many romance films. This is how you tell a love story. Bravo.
Hey Navin! Are you interested in scripts for short movies? I'd like you to go through some content my mom writes. She's not a professional but she's quite a writer! She's never been ambitious but I think her stories ought to be shared.
Let me know if you are interested!
BTW, I loved this little movie! Great work!
Great work!
John Thompson Thank you! 😊
You have the same name as the director. Are you the same person?
Why aren't more people seeing or talking about such good works.. we need more positivity ..
15yrs from now:
A great poet who just hit the #1 spot on the bestseller list decides to go on vacation. While there he runs into an old girlfriend who had just got a divorce. They have a passionate affair for that 2 weeks and he decides to live with her forever.
I had that opportunity once and 6 months later she was still as I found her as she never said yes. I guess I just was not the one. Glad about it though as the one for me has been for 45 years.
If she hadn't said let's play 10 years in the future he would have been content to play in the past. If she hadn't said she was taking the contract I doubt he would have said anything about not being happy and writing poetry and moving home. It was because she chose to get out first and signaled that. I think she chose wisely.
So you mean they broke up? And he moved back
And she was playing piano in the background, while he was travelling back home.
@@reenavalecha159
Implied by the last scene, I believe. And by the sad hand holding before (how the hands hold is for comforting & support, not quite the grip of passion or romance. The looks on their faces are winsome, tender and suffused with a sense of distancing I can't quite translate into traditional emotional labels right now). So, in summary, "sad handholding". Sad in the literal sense, not slang.
I love the concept here - both for the film and for real life. I've never taken the time to ponder my development as a person from the prolonged perspective of myself at a specific age. So creative
I'm 21 and pretty much a teenager... I agree😍
now i wanna do this when my someone and I find eachother
Well done. “We’ll always have Milan.” Sometimes the right choices make us grow fast and the stretch marks sting a little bit.
That last part sounds like a great bumper sticker.
@@catherinejustcatherine1778 I agree. You can use it. I hope you make a lot of money. I’m sure it resonates with a lot of people.
@@tracycrawford6826
Heh
Well, thank you. I appreciate your generosity
I don't currently make bumper stickers. But, I am delighted with your generosity. I would certainly imagine many people would want one.
@@catherinejustcatherine1778 Darn, I was hoping you would make one and give me 10%. Now I gotta go make em'. Ha! Be well.
@@tracycrawford6826
Heh, you too.
I'm more likely to stitch it on a t shirt for a friend.
this is beautiful. bittersweet ending but more sweet than bitter in the end i think
What a beautiful way to know each other deeply... 💖💖💖
@Prathamesh Adsul what do you mean?
I'd love to do this with my husband... But he's not as romantic as I'm sadly😢 :'(
talk to him
Yes, talk to him.
Perhaps with a professional person helping translate &/or negotiate? A life coach? A love counselor? Even a poet, playwright or event coordinator? (I don't mean that in a "you need therapy" way. I intend the suggestion as not always understanding everyone easily or completely. Sometimes help is so useful.
But sometimes it makes things worse.
@Dojo Dog considering😐
That man travels light! (Credits scene.)
such a refreshing concept
I could never do this because I wouldn't remember myself at those ages. Also, both these people seem insufferable to break up over things they only think would make them happy.
Why does Milan look so beautiful?
Sinéad McBride Because it is a beautiful city 🥰
It's got stately grace.
Classic architecture from centuries gone by.
Real details made out of real materials by artisans, created to withstand the tests of strife & of time.
My wife and I pretend to be assassins out to take out each other as a form of role play. Yesterday she tried to poison me with her coleslaw salad 🥗 with pine nuts. I tried to trip her over with my dirty clothes.
💖We HAVE to do this on a date night!! lol💖🤗
I love the concept and both actors but there are three things in the story that I don’t get:
[SPOILER ALERT]
The description says they are a long-term couple. To me, they seem rather like a rather new couple.
Is she actually a virgin up until that night in Milan?!?
Why the Dickens do they break up at the end?!??!?
I want to do this with my husband 🥰
That's not how it ends omg noooooo
I watched this twice to see if I missed out on something critical in the disjointed story but apparently I didn't. It was crap.
Brilliant
This is cute 😊
Thought Im the only one who does this
What a lucky partner you have!
What a lucky partner you have!
Aww. Sad.
Dont lose your marbles
I am 20 guys. help me out🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Listen,
learn,
think,
experiment,
pay attention,
communicate,
respect,
appreciate.....
Honesty
Sincerity
Follow through
Reciprocate
Share
Give what is asked for
Love openheartedly
20? Baby. I got married at 31
Cute and sad
movi name
Neat
This guy is super hot
👍
meh
Guys m 20. He l p me
I feel you too. Finding love or a good partner is just a concept that is so hard for me to accomplish I guess. I really want to find that soul mate forever, but I don’t know how to do so. Do I wait for us to meet spontaneously? Should I put myself out there are meet a bunch of people so there is more chances to click? When will this happen? Will I be forever alone? If I even find this person, will it last? Will we able to grow and develop and still feel love for one another? Or will we change so much that our past and current selves are unrecognizable? Sorry for this long rant, but I’m just feeling mixed all around and I watch these videos for a sense of hope in a way.
@@emilyricinus8630 I believe that your questions are great and a desired result of these types of videos. No one has all the answers. Being a 34 man who is probably unevenly mature and immature at once; I have loved, had my heart broken, and decided to walk away from love. My intention is to work to be a better version of myself today, than I was yesterday. Live life openly to joy & ill, experience the moment, and hope that more life presents itself in the future (with or without a great partner).
i will look back on these years when i'm 80 and be glad i was so close to my brother and parents. i am lucky to have my mom as one of my best friends even if we do fight like sisters occasionally. i know people who are jealous of how close my nuclear family is but then i wonder if its held me back from building a life with someone else in another place? will my brother ever knock someone up so i can be the coolest aunt ever? time will tell.
Is this shot in Budapest?
Milan