Beautiful Memories

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Beautiful Memories
Film poster
Se souvenir des belles choses
Directed by	Zabou Breitman
Screenplay by	Zabou Breitman Jean-Claude Deret
Produced by	Stéphane Marsil
Starring	Isabelle Carré Bernard Campan Bernard Le Coq Zabou Breitman
Cinematography	Dominique Chapuis
Edited by	Bernard Sasia
Music by	Ferenc Javori
Production companies	Hugo Films France 3 Cinéma Les Films de la Colombe Les Productions de la Guéville
Distributed by	Wild Bunch Distribution
Release date	9 January 2002 (2002-01-09)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4.2 million[1]
Box office	$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

• 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

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result	Ref.
César Awards	Best Actress	Isabelle Carré	Won	[3][4]
	Best Actor	Bernard Campan	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Bernard Le Coq	Won
	Best First Feature Film		Won
Cabourg Film Festival	Best New Actor	Bernard Campan	Won	[5]
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics	Best First French Film		Won
Lumières Awards	Best Actress	Isabelle Carré	Won	[6]

References

1. "Se souvenir des belles choses (2002)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
2. "Beautiful Memories". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
3. "2003 Cesar Awards - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
4. "Polanski's "Pianist" Tops French Cesar Awards". IndieWire. February 24, 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
5. Fernando, Susitha R. (March 9, 2008). "Bonjour Cinema – Fifth Francophony Film Fest in Colombo". The Sunday Times. Vol. 42, no. 41. ISSN 1391-0531. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
6. Tartaglione, Nancy (February 17, 2003). "Amen shines at France's Lumieres". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 16, 2024.

External links

• Beautiful Memories at IMDb