''Camille Rewinds'' (french: Camille redouble) is a 2012 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Life and career
Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms.
She studied cinema at L ...
. The film was screened in the
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival
The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. ...
where it won the Prix SACD. Yolande Moreau received a
Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actress ( French: Magritte de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding per ...
for her role.
Plot
On her way to a party Camille consults a quirky
clockmaker
A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory-made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks. Modern clockmakers may be employed by jewellers, antique shops, and places devoted strictly t ...
because she needs to have her watch fixed. The watch has sentimental value for her because she got it as a present for her 16th birthday. Next morning Camille realises it is the year 1985 and she is again a teenager.
Cast
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Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Life and career
Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms.
She studied cinema at L ...
as Camille Vaillant
*
Samir Guesmi
Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988.
Filmography Actor
Filmmaker
Theatre
References
External links
*
1967 births
Living people
French male f ...
as Éric
*
Judith Chemla
Judith Chemla (; born 5 July 1985) is a French actress.
Life and career
In 2012, Chemla appeared in '' Camille Rewinds'', for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 38th César Awards.
On 10 April 2020, during the coronavi ...
as Josepha
*
India Hair
India Hair (born 1987) is a French actress.
Early life
Hair was born in Saumur a town in western France, to an American father and an English mother.
Career
She has worked in film and television. Her film credits include '' Camille Rewinds' ...
as Alice
*
Julia Faure
Julia Faure (born 13 February 1977) is French actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Wild Innocence
''Wild Innocence'' (french: Sauvage Innocence) is a 2001 French film directed by Philippe Garrel.
Plot
A young filmmaker wants to mak ...
as Louise
*
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept piè ...
as Camille's mother
*
Michel Vuillermoz
Michel Vuillermoz (born 18 December 1962) is a French actor and scriptwriter.
Vuillermoz has appeared in more than 100 films and 40 plays.
In 1998, he received two Molière Award: Best Male Newcomer and Best Play for ''André le Magnifique''. ...
as Camille's father
*
Denis Podalydès
Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in '' The Officers' Ward'', which was entered into the 2001 Can ...
as Alphonse Da Costa, the physics professor
*
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor, known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). He also worked several times with Jean-Luc God ...
as Monsieur Dupont, the clock-maker
*
Vincent Lacoste
Vincent Lacoste (born 3 July 1993) is a French actor. He began his acting career at the age of fifteen, playing the lead role of Hervé in the film ''The French Kissers''. The role won him the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor and a nomin ...
as Vincent
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Anne Alvaro
Anne Alvaro (born 29 October 1951) is a French actress whose work spans from the early 1970s through to 2012. She is probably best known for her role as Eleonore in the 1983 biopic ''Danton''. She won one César Award for Best Actress in a Supp ...
as The English teacher, whom Camille or her friend ask to adopt her
*
Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich (2005 film), ...
as The French teacher (sadist or mean)
* Micha Lescot, the drama teacher and director of the play
*
Riad Sattouf
Riad Sattouf ( ar, رياض سطوف; born 5 May 1978) is a French cartoonist, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his award-winning graphic memoir hexalogy '' L'Arabe du futur'' (''The Arab of the Future'') and for his awa ...
as The director
*
Esther Garrel
Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in '' 17 Girls'' (2011), ''Jealousy'' (2013), ''Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), and ''Thirst Street'' (2017).
Early life
Garrel was born in Paris, the daug ...
as Mathilde
Reception
The movie received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
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reports that 60% of 5 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 5/10.
References
External links
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2012 films
2012 drama films
French drama films
2010s French-language films
Films set in 1985
Films directed by Noémie Lvovsky
Gaumont Film Company films
2010s French films