1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 10.6775 Indian Rupee

1 Hungarian Forint = 0.4526 Icelandic Krona

1 Hungarian Forint = 0.2338 Indian Rupee

1 Philippine Peso = 2.8961 Icelandic Krona

1 Philippine Peso = 1.4959 Indian Rupee

1 Kenyan Shilling = 1.379 Icelandic Krona

1 Kenyan Shilling = 0.7123 Indian Rupee

1 Latvian Lat = 241.763 Icelandic Krona

1 Latvian Lat = 124.8739 Indian Rupee

1 Egyptian Pound = 9.3963 Icelandic Krona

1 Egyptian Pound = 4.8533 Indian Rupee

1 Botswana Pula = 12.0419 Icelandic Krona

1 Botswana Pula = 6.2198 Indian Rupee

1 Bulgarian Lev = 80.9974 Icelandic Krona

1 Bulgarian Lev = 41.8363 Indian Rupee

1 Canadian Dollar = 104.3267 Icelandic Krona

1 Canadian Dollar = 53.8862 Indian Rupee

1 Euro = 160.4325 Icelandic Krona

1 Euro = 82.8656 Indian Rupee

1 Mexican Peso = 6.1776 Icelandic Krona

1 Mexican Peso = 3.1908 Indian Rupee

1 Brazilian Real = 25.5116 Icelandic Krona

1 Brazilian Real = 13.1771 Indian Rupee

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 39.8132 Icelandic Krona

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 20.5641 Indian Rupee

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 0.7841 Icelandic Krona

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 0.405 Indian Rupee

1 Algerian Dinar = 1.1395 Icelandic Krona

1 Algerian Dinar = 0.5886 Indian Rupee

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.0098 Icelandic Krona

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.0051 Indian Rupee

1 Lithuanian Lita = 49.5269 Icelandic Krona

1 Lithuanian Lita = 25.5813 Indian Rupee

1 Nigerian Naira = 0.375 Icelandic Krona

1 Nigerian Naira = 0.1937 Indian Rupee

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 5.8187 Icelandic Krona

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 3.0055 Indian Rupee

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 21.2075 Icelandic Krona

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 10.954 Indian Rupee

1 Japanese Yen = 1.3709 Icelandic Krona

1 Japanese Yen = 0.7081 Indian Rupee

A couple of evenings ago, my cousin Debika and I were discussing how we’d react if we were told we had just a few months to live. She said she would try and do everything she liked in that time, and surround herself with her family. I said that I’d be inclined to save people I cared for the pain of watching me die—whatever that took. Ironically and unexpectedly, shortly after this conversation, we found ourselves watching François Ozon’s remarkable film Time to Leave.

The film begins with its protagonist, Romain, discovering that he is terminally ill with cancer, and deciding not to bother with treatment. He does not tell his friends or family of his condition. He is rude to his sister, and drives her to tears. He tells his lover, Sasha, that he does not love him, and drives him to move out of their house. This is a transparent lie, but though we see it, Sasha doesn’t. He confides to his grandmother—marvellously played by Jeanne Moreau—because she is like him, and “will die soon.” But even in this winding up, complications ensue.

Melvil Poupaud plays Romain, and is magnificent – understated, yet effortlessly expressive. But it is Ozon’s storytelling that makes this film memorable. It is spare, focussing only on the essential, and revealing its essence. There is not a frame out of place in this heartbreaking film that ends, like Romain, too soon and in great beauty.

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