''You Will Remember Me'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Éric Tessier
Éric Tessier (born March 19, 1966) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter from Quebec. He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for the film '' You ...
and released in 2020. Based on the theatrical play by François Archambault, the film stars
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.Gaetan Charlebois"Girard, Rémy" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', December 5, 2023.
Early life
Born in Jonquière, he is the son of politician Fern ...
as Édouard Beauchemin, a successful academic who is beginning to suffer from the early stages of
dementia
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform activities of daily living, everyday activities. This typically invo ...
.
The film's premiere, originally slated for March 20, 2020, was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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. The film instead premiered at the
Sarajevo Film Festival
The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in Southeast Europe, and is one of the largest film festivals in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, and brings internatio ...
in August 2020. It was selected as the opening film of the 2022
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, its first actual screening in Quebec due to the pandemic-related disruptions of film distribution.
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"Tu te souviendras de moi ouvrira le FCIAT"
''Films du Québec'', June 27, 2022.
Awards
References
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2020 films
Canadian drama films
2020s French-language films
Films set in Quebec
Films shot in Quebec
Films directed by Éric Tessier
Canadian films based on plays
2020 drama films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
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