''Happy Memories'' (french: Les Beaux Souvenirs) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Francis Mankiewicz Francis Mankiewicz (March 15, 1944 in Shanghai, China – August 14, 1993 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis spent all his childhood. Hi ...

and released in 1981."Beaux souvenirs, Les – Film de Francis Mankiewicz"
''Films du Québec'', January 19, 2009. Identified by film critics as a spiritual if not literal sequel to his previous film '' Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras)'', the film stars Julie Vincent as Viviane, a young woman returning home for the first time since running away several years earlier. The film also stars

Monique Spaziani Monique Spaziani (born December 16, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian actress. She is a three-time Genie Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress, Best Actress, receiving nominations at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 ...

as Viviane's sister Marie, who has an

incest Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adopti ...

uous relationship with their father (

Paul Hébert Paul Hébert, OC, CQ (May 28, 1924 – April 20, 2017) was a French Canadian television and stage actor and director, and the founder of six theatres in Quebec. He is best known for his role as Siméon Desrosiers in '' Le Temps d’une paix'', ...

); Andrée Lachapelle as their mother, who also abandoned the family years earlier; and

Rémy Girard Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec. Acting career Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film ''The Barbarian In ...

as their mother's new partner. The film received three Genie Award nominations at the

3rd Genie Awards The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded on March 3, 1982, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 4, 1982. and honoured Canadian films released in 1981.Liam Lacey, "Ticket to ...

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

(Spaziani), Best Screenplay (

Réjean Ducharme Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Québécois novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was ...

) and Best Original Score (Jean Cousineau)."Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', February 4, 1982.

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* * 1981 films Canadian drama films Films directed by Francis Mankiewicz 1981 drama films 1980s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub