Times Have Been Better

Times Have Been Better (French: Le Ciel sur la tête) is a French comedy television film, directed by Régis Musset and released in 2006.^[1] The film stars Arnaud Binard as Jérémy, a 30-year-old man who comes out as gay to his parents, only to have his parents Guy (Bernard Le Coq) and Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim) react more negatively than expected.^[2]

Times Have Been Better
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Nicolas Mercier
Directed by	Régis Musset
Starring	Arnaud Binard Bernard Le Coq Charlotte de Turckheim
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
Production
Producers	Patrick Benedek Thomas Bourguignon
Cinematography	Christophe Paturange
Editor	Diane Logan
Running time	92 minutes
Production company	BB Films
Original release
Network	France 2
Release	24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)

The film's cast also includes Olivier Guéritée, Stéphane Boucher, Thierry Desroses, Pierre Deny and Chantal Ravalec.^[2]

The film was screened at selected LGBT film festivals beginning in 2006, before having its television premiere on France 2 in April 2007.^[3] It was rebroadcast by the network in 2010.^[4]

The film won the award for Best Foreign Narrative Feature at the 2007 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.^[5]