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My Golden Days
2015 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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My Golden Days (French: Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse, lit. 'Three Memories of my Youth'), also titled My Golden Years, is a 2015 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It stars Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, and Mathieu Amalric. It is a prequel to the 1996 film My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument.[3] It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,[4] where it won the SACD Prize.[5][6]
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Plot
Due to a passport problem, an anthropologist Paul is stopped and interrogated at the airport in Paris. He recalls the memories of his youth.
Told in three segments: (1: “Childhood”) Paul argues with his mother and goes and stays with an aunt. His mother dies and his angry father attacks him. (2: “Russia”) Paul is questioned about a passport irregularity. He explains that he went on a school trip to Russia. His Jewish friend agreed to act as a courier, handing over money and books. Paul gave up his passport (3: “Esther”) Paul falls in love with his sister’s friend Esther, beautiful, promiscuous, and unhappy. They meet at parties and begin a long-term relationship, though each has other lovers. Paul studies in Paris but returns home when he can. His tutor dies and he works on a research project in Tajikistan. (“Epilogue”) Paul bumps into Jean-Paul and his wife. Paul says Jean-Paul betrayed him while he was away.
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Cast
- Quentin Dolmaire as Paul Dédalus
- Lou Roy-Lecollinet as Esther
- Mathieu Amalric as Paul (adult)
- Dinara Droukarova as Irina
- Pierre-Benoist Varoclier as Yorick
- Françoise Lebrun as Rose
- Irina Vavilova as Mme Sidorov
- Olivier Rabourdin as Abel Dédalus
- Anne Benoît as Louise
- Elyot Milshtein as Marc Zylberberg
- Pierre Andrau as Kovalki
- Lily Taieb as Delphine Dédalus
- Raphaël Cohen as Ivan Dédalus
- Clémence Le Gall as Pénélope
- Théo Fernandez as Bob
- Yassine Douighi as Medhi
- Ève Doé-Bruce as Professor Béhanzin
- Mélodie Richard as Gilberte
- Pierre-Benoist Varoclier as Yorick
- Éric Ruf as Kovalki (adult)
- Patrick d'Assumçao as The monk
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Release
The film had is world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2015.[7] It was released in France on 20 May 2015.[8]
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Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 69 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "My Golden Years is a complex, well-acted coming-of-age drama."[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[10]
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