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Beautiful Memories
Native Name:Se souvenir des belles choses
Director:Zabou Breitman
Producer:Stéphane Marsil
Screenplay:Zabou Breitman
Jean-Claude Deret
Starring:Isabelle Carré
Bernard Campan
Bernard Le Coq
Zabou Breitman
Music:Ferenc Javori
Cinematography:Dominique Chapuis
Editing:Bernard Sasia
Studio:Hugo Films
France 3 Cinéma
Les Films de la Colombe
Les Productions de la Guéville
Distributor:Wild Bunch Distribution
Runtime:110 minutes
Country:France
Language:French
Budget:$4.2 million[1]
Gross:$2.8 million[2]

Beautiful Memories (French: '''Se souvenir des belles choses''') is a 2001 French film directed by Zabou Breitman. It won the César Awards for Best First Feature Film, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for Best Actor. Also, the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics named it best debut film.

Plot

Claire Poussin, a young woman in her early 30s whose mother has recently died from Alzheimer's, has been having memory loss problems since being struck by lightning. She believes she is showing the first signs of the disease, but her sister Nathalie thinks the problem is temporary. Claire seeks help by entering a clinic for people with memory-loss problems, which is located in a big country house and run by Prof. Christian Licht. Prof. Licht is having an affair with therapist Marie Bjorg, which he thinks is hidden from his patients, but isn't. At the clinic, Claire meets Philippe, a noted wine expert who is traumatized following a car accident which killed his wife and child, and they fall in love. When both of them are released, they move in together, but find that their condition severely affects their lives. Philippe recovers his memory, and is pained when he remembers the tragic accident, while Claire's condition becomes worse.

Cast

Accolades

Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
César AwardsBest ActressIsabelle Carré[3] [4]
Best ActorBernard Campan
Best Supporting ActorBernard Le Coq
Best First Feature Film
Cabourg Film FestivalBest New ActorBernard Campan[5]
French Syndicate of Cinema CriticsBest First French Film
Lumières AwardsBest ActressIsabelle Carré[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Se souvenir des belles choses (2002) . JPBox-Office . 2015-03-08 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091558/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1800 . dead .
  2. Web site: Beautiful Memories. Box Office Mojo. 18 December 2021.
  3. Web site: 2003 Cesar Awards - Unifrance . 2024-03-16 . en.unifrance.org.
  4. Web site: 2003-02-24 . Polanski’s “Pianist” Tops French Cesar Awards . 2024-03-16 . IndieWire . en-US.
  5. News: Fernando . Susitha R. . March 9, 2008 . Bonjour Cinema – Fifth Francophony Film Fest in Colombo . 2024-03-16 . . 42 . 41 . 1391- 0531.
  6. Web site: Tartaglione . Nancy . 2003-02-17 . Amen shines at France's Lumieres . 2024-03-16 . Screen Daily . en.