The Time of Secrets

The Time of Secrets

Directed by Thierry Chabert

Produced by France Télévisions, TV5 Monde

200798 min6.1 / 10

A nostalgic, gently earnest coming-of-age story set in Provence that captures the social anxieties and small dramas of childhood with warmth and playful affection.

The story takes us from the dear Garrigue to the secondary school where Marcel is first ill at ease because he is a scholarship holder and because he went to the grade school (the other bourgeois pupils had probably a private tutor). A fight against a rich kid ,that augurs badly for what is to follow. (to be followed in "Le Temps des Amours" )

Questions people ask

  • Is The Time of Secrets easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Does The Time of Secrets end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Time of Secrets scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Time of Secrets violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Is The Time of Secrets sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

20/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise8

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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