Se souvenir des belles choses (English

English language

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: Beautiful Memories is a 2001 French film directed by Zabou Breitman. It won the César Award

César Award

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s for Best Debut

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, Best Actress

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 and Best Supporting Actor

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, and was nominated for Best Actor. Also, the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

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 named it best debut film.

Plot

Claire Poussin, a young woman in her early 30s whose mother has recently died from Alzheimer's, 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. Bernard recovers his memory, and is pained when he remembers the tragic accident, while Claire's condition becomes worse.

Cast

• Isabelle Carré
  Isabelle Carré
  Isabelle Carré is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses , and has been nominated a further six times, for Beau fixe , Le Hussard sur le toit , La Femme défendue , Les Sentiments ,...
  
   - Claire Poussin
• Bernard Campan
  Bernard Campan
  Bernard Campan is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists. He won a César Award for Best Debut for Les Trois Frères, and was nominated for best actor for his role in Se souvenir des belles choses.-Selected filmography:* The Bet * Augustin, King of...
  
   - Philippe
• Bernard Le Coq - Prof. Christian Licht
• Zabou Breitman - Marie Bjorg
• Anne Le Ny - Nathalie Poussin
• Dominique Pinon
  Dominique Pinon
  Dominique Pinon is a French actor whose most famous roles have been in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jean-Jacques Beineix. In the theatre, he has appeared in the plays of Gildas Bourdet, Jorge Lavelli and Valère Novarina...
  
   - Robert
• Aude Briant - Corinne
• Denys Granier-Deferre - Toto
• François Levantal - Daniel
• Jean-Claude Déret - Léo Finkel
• Céline Léger
  Celine Lomez
  Céline Lomez , born Céline Léger in Montreal, is a Canadian actress and singer.Lomez started her show business career singing French-Canadian pop songs with her sister Liette, and the two gained popularity after their performance at the Festival du Disque in Quebec in 1968. Liette went on to join a...
  
   - Sarah
• Julien Courbey
  Julien Courbey
  -Filmography:* 1991 : Triplex, directed by Georges Lautner* 1993 : Seconde B* 1993 : À cause d'elle, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert* 1994 : Le Clandestin , directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli : Maxime...
  
  - Stéphane