''Beautiful Memories'' (french: Se souvenir des belles choses) is a 2001 French film directed by Zabou Breitman. It won the

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

s for Best First Feature Film, Best Actress 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 bes ...

named it best debut film.

Plot

Claire Poussin, a young woman in her early 30s whose mother has recently died from

Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As t ...

, 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 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 * Bernard Campan as Philippe * Bernard Le Coq as Prof. Christian Licht * Zabou Breitman as Marie Bjorg *

Anne Le Ny Anne Le Ny (born 16 December 1962) is a French actress, screenwriter and film director. Filmography Actress Screenwriter or director Theatre References French film directors French women film directors Living people French fil ...

as Nathalie Poussin *

Dominique Pinon Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French actor. He is known for appearing in films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, often playing eccentric or grotesque characters. Early life and education Dominique Pinon was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loi ...

as Robert *

Aude Briant Aude (; ) is a department in Southern France, located in the Occitanie region and named after the river Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Cathar Country" (French: ''Pays cathare'') after a group of religious dissidents active in th ...

as Corinne *

Denys Granier-Deferre Denys Granier-Deferre (born 27 December 1949, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French film director. Biography Denys Granier-Deferre is the son of Pierre Granier-Deferre with whom he started cinema as his assistant, notably on his father's movie ''L ...

as Toto * François Levantal as Daniel *

Jean-Claude Deret Jean-Claude Deret, born Claude Breitman, (July 11, 1921 – December 12, 2016) was a French television writer, songwriter, actor, playwright and author of children's books and detective novels. Early life Jean-Claude Deret was born as Claude ...

as Léo Finkel *

Céline Léger Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name of Latin origin, coming from ''Caelīna'', the feminine form of the Roman cognomen ''Caelīnus'', meaning "heavenly".

as Sarah *

Julien Courbey Julien Courbey (born 12 March 1976) is a French actor. Theater Filmography External links * Photos of Julien Courbey on Allocine {{DEFAULTSORT:Courbey, Julien Living people 1976 births French male film actors French male television ...

as Stéphane * Guilaine Londez as Isabelle

Accolades

References

External links

* 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 {{2000s-France-film-stub