Beautiful Memories
{{short description|2001 film by Zabou Breitman}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Beautiful Memories
| native_name = Se souvenir des belles choses
| image = Se souvenir des belles choses.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Zabou Breitman
| producer = Stéphane Marsil
| writer =
| screenplay = Zabou Breitman
Jean-Claude Deret
| based_on =
| 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 = Pan-Européenne Distribution
| released = {{Film date|2002|1|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| gross = $2.8 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2506196225/weekly/|title=Beautiful Memories|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=18 December 2021}}
}}
Beautiful Memories ({{langx|fr|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
- Isabelle Carré as Claire Poussin
- Bernard Campan as Philippe
- Bernard Le Coq as Prof. Christian Licht
- Zabou Breitman as Marie Bjorg
- Anne Le Ny as Nathalie Poussin
- Dominique Pinon as Robert
- Aude Briant as Corinne
- Denys Granier-Deferre as Toto
- François Levantal as Daniel
- Jean-Claude Deret as Léo Finkel
- Céline Léger as Sarah
- Julien Courbey as Stéphane
- Guilaine Londez as Isabelle
Accolades
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0259440}}
{{Zabou Breitman}}
{{César Award for Best First Feature Film}}
Category:Films featuring a Best Actress César Award–winning performance
Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor César Award–winning performance
Category:Films featuring a Best Actress Lumières Award–winning performance
Category:Best First Feature Film César Award winners
Category:Films about disability in France
Category:French films about Alzheimer's disease
Category:Films directed by Zabou Breitman
Category:2001 directorial debut films
Category:2000s French-language films
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