Don't Forget You're Going to Die

Don't Forget You're Going to Die (French: N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir, French pronunciation: [nubli pa kə ty va muʁiʁ]) is a 1995 French drama film directed, co-written by and starring Xavier Beauvois.

Don't Forget You're Going to Die
Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Beauvois
Written by	Xavier Beauvois Emmanuel Salinger Anne-Marie Sauzeau Marie Sauzeau Zoubir Tligui
Produced by	Christopher Lambert
Starring	Xavier Beauvois
Cinematography	Caroline Champetier
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	John Cale
Production companies	Why Not Productions La Sept Cinéma AFCL Productions Peripheria
Distributed by	PolyGram Film Distribution
Release dates	May 1995 (1995-05) (Cannes) 3 January 1996 (1996-01-03) (France)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€ 3.6 million[1]

Plot

Benoit (Xavier Beauvois) has planned out his life. Unfortunately he has forgotten about National Service. After he is called up, he tries everything to get around. He goes to a psychiatrist who gives him medicine against depression. As this doesn't work out he tries suicide. The story gets even worse as he is told by a military doctor that he is HIV positive. Benoit tumbles down into the drug scene. Then he goes to Italy and meets Claudia (Chiara Mastroianni). Things seem to improve, but only for a short time...^[2]

Cast

• Xavier Beauvois as Benoît
• Chiara Mastroianni as Claudia
• Roschdy Zem as Omar
• Bulle Ogier as Benoît's Mother
• Jean-Louis Richard as Benoît's Father
• Emmanuel Salinger as Military Doctor
• Jean Douchet as Jean-Paul
• Pascal Bonitzer as Psychiatrist
• Cédric Kahn as Benoît's Friend
• Stanislas Nordey as Benoît's Friend
• Patrick Chauvel as Military Commander
• Denis Psaltospoulos as Patient

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed and largely performed by John Cale, and was subsequently released as an album.^[3]

Accolades

The film won the Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^{[4][further explanation needed]}