Directed by:
Michel FrancoScreenplay:
Michel FrancoCinematography:
Yves CapeCast:
Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Elsie Fisher, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Jessica Harper, Blake Baumgartner, Josh Philip Weinstein, Elizabeth Loyacano (more)Plots(1)
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past. (Venice International Film Festival)
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Memory is a small, intimate, deeply felt drama about two wounded souls who find love in each other. The character studies presented by the wonderful Jessica Chastain are always entertaining, but doubly so here. Her performance gave me goosebumps. Peter Sarsgaard is also excellent; you will feel the chemistry between them in their every touch. But the film didn’t have to end so quickly; the characters of the parents and the parallel with childhood could have been further developed, making Memory an even more intense and complex psycho-drama. [San Sebastian International Film Festival]
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(KVIFF 2024) (Spoiler alert!) Memory is a remarkable archive of memories, knowledge, feelings and other ingredients. While Sylvia would prefer to forget some things from the past, Saul would certainly be glad for some memories. I thought the major plot twist would occur at the level of the Sylvie-Paul relationship, and I appreciate that it didn't. Michel Franco's Memory is an intimate, poignant drama about two wounded souls seeking to heal each other. And this time, I didn't even mind that the film's conclusion was rather abrubt at least I had something to think about.
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