Memory
Memory
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Emotions run high in this love story between a bruised woman and a man suffering from an insidious disease.

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. Saul, as we eventually learn, has a form of dementia that alternates between total mental clarity and blackouts that leave him lost. Sylvia forms a patchy connection with him after their creepy first encounter, and it turns to love.

"I wanted to make a film about people who for whatever reason fall through the cracks of society. Their inability - or unwillingness - to conform to expectations is often rooted in events that only exist in their memories. But sometimes their very marginalisation offers an escape from the shadows of the past, a chance to build a life in the present. Memory is about whether one can truly escape those shadows." (Michel Franco)
Section: AVANTPREMIERES
Directed by: Michel Franco
Country, year: USA, Mexico, Chile, 2023
Length: 100
Subtitles: Slovenian
Language: English

Screening in cinema:

Fri, 10.11.2023 17:10 Kino Bežigrad Buy
Mon, 13.11.2023 18:45 AGRFT Hall Buy
Wed, 15.11.2023 18:00 Maribox Buy
Fri, 17.11.2023 17:10 Linhart Hall Buy
Sun, 19.11.2023 21:00 AGRFT Hall Buy

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Screenplay:
Michel Franco
Cinematography:
Yves Cape
Cast:
Jessica Chastain (Sylvia), Peter Sarsgaard (Saul), Brooke Timber (Anna), Merritt Wever (Olivia), Elsie Fisher (Sara), Jessica Chastain (Sylvia), Peter Sarsgaard (Saul), Brooke Timber (Anna), Merritt Wever (Olivia), Elsie Fisher (Sara), Jessica Harper (Samantha), Josh Charles (Isaac), Blake Baumgartner (Ashley), Lexie Braverman (Rebecca), Ross Brodar (popravljalec hladilnikov), Jackson Dorfmann (Mark), Alexis Rae Forlenza (Lucy), Elizabeth Loyacano (Megan)
Producent:
Teorema (Mexico) & High Frequency Entertainment & Screen Capital & MUBI & Case Study Films
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Distribution:
Fivia d.o.o.
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Sales:
The Match Factory GmbH
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About director
Born in 1979 in Mexico City, Franco a film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film After Lucia that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His films typically deal with themes of dysfunctional families. His further successes at Cannes include the Best Screenplay Award for Chronik, and the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize for April's Daughter.
Filmography
2012 Después de Lucía (After Lucia)
2013 A los ojos (Through the Eyes)
2015 Chronic
2017 Las hijas de Abril (April's Daughter)
2020 Nuevo orden (New Order)
2021 Sundown
2023 Memory (Spomin)