{"id":1375,"date":"2018-02-10T00:38:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T00:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1375"},"modified":"2021-03-08T20:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:20:33","slug":"memories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/2015-awards\/memories\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMORIES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MEMORIES \/<\/strong>\u00a0Les Souvenirs<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518223054878{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]West Coast Premiere \u2022 Comedy, Drama \u2022 France, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 96 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: Jean-Paul Rouve
\nWritten by<\/strong>: Jean-Paul Rouve, David Foenkinos
\nBased on the novel by<\/strong>: David Foenkinos
\nCinematography<\/strong>: Christophe Offenstein
\nFilm Editing<\/strong>: Christel Dewynter
\nOriginal Score<\/strong>: Alexis Rault
\nProduced by<\/strong>: Maxime Delauney and Romain Rousseau (Nolita Cinema)
\nCast<\/strong>: Michel Blanc (Michel), Annie Cordy (the grandmother), Mathieu Spinosi (Romain), Chantal Lauby (Nathalie), Jean-Paul Rouve (Philippe)
\nInternational Sales<\/strong>: TF1 International<\/p>\n

Romance, memories, and the seasons of life are fused by acerbic humor in this genial family drama centering on Romain, a 23 year-old would-be writer trying to find his way in the world. Between his father Michel\u2019s recent retirement and subsequent mid-life crisis, and his grandmother Madeleine\u2019s recent widowhood and subsequent escape from a nursing home, Romain has his hands full. Despite a 60-year age difference, he and Madeleine have shared a close relationship based on a mutual appreciation for the funny side of life, so Romaine is not surprised when he is the one she chooses to contact after running away from the nursing home. What does surprise him, is what he finds when he gets to the seaside town in Normandy where Madeleine hopes to find new meaning after her husband\u2019s death. Mathieu Spinosi turns in a charming debut as Romaine, while veteran Annie Cordy, the French superstar variety singer and actress, interprets Madeleine.<\/p>\n

This is the third feature of writer\/director\u00a0Jean-Paul Rouve<\/strong>, who first made a name for himself as a comic actor in the Canal Plus TV series\u00a0Les Robins des Bois.<\/em>\u00a0His transition to film was awarded with a 2002 Most Promising Actor C\u00e9sar for his performance in\u00a0Monsieur Batignole<\/em>. In 2008, Rouve moved behind the camera for his first feature,\u00a0The Easy Way<\/em>, a film in which he played the notorious bank thief Albert Spaggiari. In 2012, Rouve returned to the director\u2019s chair for\u00a0Quand je serai petit<\/em>, sharing the star billing with Beno\u00eet Poelvoorde. Rouve adapted\u00a0Memories<\/em><\/strong>in collaboration with popular French novelist David Foenkinos, from Foenkinos\u2019 original novel. He continues his work as an actor, most recently announcing plans to play the lead role in a biopic of French playwright Antonin Artaud.<\/p>\n

Quotes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis coming-of-all-ages story is carried by strong performances and a few welcome stabs at humor.\u201d
\n– Jordan Mintzer HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<\/p>\n

\u201cThese two unusual characters have made a bittersweet film that alternates between hilarity and deeply moving moments, mostly thanks to very good casting.\u201d
\n– Geoffrey Cr\u00e9t\u00e9 CINEMAN<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/les-souvenirs.jpg” image_size=”full” target=”_blank” margin_bottom=”30″][mk_image heading_title=”IN ASSOCIATION WITH” src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/tf1-logointernational.jpg” image_size=”full” target=”_blank” margin_bottom=”30″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/alliance-francaise-2016.jpg” image_size=”full” target=”_blank” margin_bottom=”30″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518222994258{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] MEMORIES \/\u00a0Les Souvenirs [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518223054878{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]West Coast Premiere \u2022 Comedy, Drama \u2022 France, 2015 DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 96 min Directed by: Jean-Paul Rouve Written by: Jean-Paul Rouve, David Foenkinos Based on the novel by: David Foenkinos Cinematography: Christophe Offenstein Film Editing: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":660,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions\/1377"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}