Happy Memories

Se souvenir de belles choses, Director: Zabou Breitman, 2001
France, 35mm, 110 minutes, color
In French with English subtitles

Showing on Tuesday, February 24th at 7pm

A romantic drama of unique circumstances. Claire (a celebrated performance by Isabelle Carré) has gradually lost her memory after being struck by lightning during a summer storm. She is sent to a psychiatric center, filled with complete amnesiacs who navigate the building's corridors by following colored threads (a motif taken from a real documented situation). There, she encounters Philippe (Bernard Campan), also living without memories after being injured in a car crash. Together, the two form an intense and emotional relationship, as she withdraws from her past while he is forced to confront his.

"A beautiful idea... Zabou adroitly avoids sentimentality while affirming that we don't love with words or sentiments, but with memories." -- Télérama

Last updated: October 21, 2004

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