''Beautiful Memories'' (french: Se souvenir des belles choses) is a 2001 French film directed by
Zabou Breitman
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Z ...
. It won the
César Awards for
Best First Feature Film,
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
and
Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for Best Actor. Also, the
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (french: Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma et des films de télévision) has, each year since 1946, awarded a prize (" Prix de la critique", English: "Critics Prize"), the Prix Méliès, to the be ...
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
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Isabelle Carré
Isabelle Carré (born 28 May 1971) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in '' Se souvenir des belles choses'' (2001), and has been nominated a further six ti ...
as Claire Poussin
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Bernard Campan
Bernard Campan (born 4 April 1958, in Agen) is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists. He won a César Award for Best Debut for ''Les Trois Frères'', and was nominated for best actor for hi ...
as Philippe
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Bernard Le Coq
Bernard Le Coq (born 25 September 1950) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films since 1967. His first big role Bernard Le Coq has played as Annie Girardot's son and Claude Jade's brother in the family dra ...
as Prof. Christian Licht
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Zabou Breitman
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Z ...
as Marie Bjorg
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Anne Le Ny as Nathalie Poussin
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Dominique Pinon as Robert
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Aude Briant as Corinne
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Denys Granier-Deferre as Toto
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François Levantal
François Levantal (born 14 October 1960) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1986.
Filmography
Theater
Music videos
External links
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1960 births
Living people
F ...
as Daniel
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Jean-Claude Deret as Léo Finkel
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Céline Léger as Sarah
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Julien Courbey as Stéphane
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Guilaine Londez
Guilaine Londez (born 1 January 1965) is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1991.
Filmography
Theater
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Londez, Guilaine
1965 births
Living people
French ...
as Isabelle
Accolades
References
External links
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2001 films
French drama films
Films featuring a Best Actress César Award-winning performance
Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor César Award-winning performance
Films featuring a Best Actress Lumières Award-winning performance
Best First Feature Film César Award winners
Films about Alzheimer's disease
Films directed by Zabou Breitman
2001 directorial debut films
2000s French-language films
2000s French films
Films about disability
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