''You Will Remember Me'' (french: Tu te souviendras de moi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Éric Tessier Éric Tessier (born March 19, 1966) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter from Quebec. He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for the film '' You ...
and released in 2020. Based on the theatrical play by François Archambault, the film stars
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 Édouard Beauchemin, a successful academic who is beginning to suffer from the early stages of
dementia
Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe ...
.
The film's premiere, originally slated for March 20, 2020, was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Que ...
. The film instead premiered at the
Sarajevo Film Festival
The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in Southeast Europe, and is one of the largest film festivals in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, and brings internation ...
in August 2020. It was selected as the opening film of the 2022
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival
The Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, FCIAT) is an annual film festival, which takes place in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.Sean Gordon"How one region in hard- ...
, its first actual screening in Quebec due to the pandemic-related disruptions of film distribution.
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"Tu te souviendras de moi ouvrira le FCIAT"
''Films du Québec'', June 27, 2022.
Awards
References
External links
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2020 films
Canadian drama films
2020s French-language films
Films set in Quebec
Films shot in Quebec
Films directed by Éric Tessier
Films based on Canadian plays
2020 drama films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
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