In the restlessly imaginative films of arnaud desplechin. Watch a clip from the french film my golden days, starring quentin dolmaire, lou. My golden days provides nostalgic insight into protagonist paul dedalus childhood and the origins of his romantic tumult. Desplechins my golden years gets next best to golden palm. This time, its a wild hodgepodge of genres that often risk collapsing on top of each other. Arnaud desplechins film about the unbearably sweet nature of remembered youth only now finds a uk release. Arnaud desplechins golden years interview magazine.
After seeing my golden days, an enchanting memory piece by arnaud desplechin, i cant stop. Considered one of the leading filmmakers working in france today, arnaud desplechin is no stranger to the new york film festival. Desplechin s my golden years gets next best to golden palm at directors fortnight. Mar 28, 2016 my golden days, an heir to french new wave arnaud desplechins new film centers on the memories of a middleaged frenchman who returns to paris after years of living abroad. Pixars inside out gets a lot of buzz at cannes film festival. Arnaud desplechin first introduced his protagonists, the young paul dedalus and his girlfriend esther, way back in 1996 in his highly successful my sex life or how i got into an argument. Critic john powers says my golden days is achingly romantic. Its the most ambitious movie to date from french director arnaud desplechin, whose ensemble dramas a christmas tale and my golden years also dealt with characters coping with their troubled pasts. With quentin dolmaire, lou roylecollinet, mathieu amalric, dinara drukarova.
At the beginning of director arnaud desplechins 1996 international breakthrough my sex life or how i got into an argument, a narrator tells us that paul, played by a young mathieu. After a press conference, renowned french filmmaker arnaud desplechin discussed his new film, opening march 18 at the film society. Pixars inside out gets a lot of buzz at cannes film. Finely honed my golden days is one of arnaud desplechins best. Jean labadies le pacte is releasing the why not productions pic in france on may 20.
Apr 17, 2015 desplechin scripted my golden years with julie peyr. My golden days in this prequel to my sex life, arnaud desplechin vividly explores the hold on the narrator of an obsessive early love, which should be catnip to romantics everywhere. A film within a film and then some, desplechin layers narrative upon narrative. Desplechin scripted my golden years with julie peyr. Mar 17, 2016 in the restlessly imaginative films of arnaud desplechin. Desplechins my golden years gets next best to golden palm at directors fortnight. My golden days, an heir to french new wave arnaud desplechins new film centers on the memories of a middleaged frenchman who returns to paris after years of. Finely honed my golden days is one of arnaud desplechin s best. But ismael mathieu amalric has been busy rebuilding a life for himself with sylvia charlotte gainsbourg and working on his next feature film.
Dec 27, 2016 considering it debuted at cannes over 19 months ago, its reasonable that arnaud desplechins my golden days can get a bit lost in yearend discussion, but for those that havent seen, they are missing out on one of 2016s best films. My golden days official movie site starring quentin dolmaire. And twentyone years later, carlotta academy award winner marion cotillard is back from the void. The character is a nod to the ghost of another of desplechins creations, the brother of paul dedalus, threetime hero of my sex life. Mar 28, 2016 arnaud desplechin s new film centers on the memories of a middleaged frenchman who returns to paris after years of living abroad. My golden years 2015, directed by arnaud desplechin film. French filmmaker arnaud desplechin works once again with his regular collaborator, the actor mathieu amalric, on a film which acts as a prequel to. Mar 18, 2016 during our recent eightfilm retrospective of arnaud desplechin s work, the french filmmaker joined new york film festival director kent jones to discuss his latest effort, my golden days. Love blooms in this exclusive clip for arnaud desplechins my golden days the film sees anthropologist paul dedalus mathieu amalric looking back, as he returns to paris after. You use many of your signature formal devices in my golden days, but at the.
Most of all, he remembers esther, the love of his life. Upcoming releases include arnaud desplechin s my golden days, buckley vs. Arnaud desplechin invigorates through assault tactics. Quentin dolmaire lou roylecollinet mathieu amalric directed by. Ismaels ghost by arnaud desplechin overdrive rakuten. Mathieu amalric reprises the role of paul dedalus from my sex lifeor how i got into. That the retrospective of his work currently playing at the film society of lincoln center and surely unmissable has captured the attention of everyone who isnt already desperately excited for his latest work, the truly lovely my golden days. In my golden days, aching for a love left behind the. Mar 18, 2016 arnaud desplechins latest, my golden days is a prequel to his breakout film, my sex lifeor how i got into an argument from 1996. Mathieu amalric, quentin dolmaire, arnaud desplechin. Constructed like a symphony which bears echoes from his entire oeuvre, my golden days is arnaud desplechins most elaborate and personal reflection on what it means to be a man. First international trailer and images for arnaud desplechin s my golden years starring mathieu amalric.
My golden days was one of the more visible omissions when this year s competition lineup was. Adolescent youth was a big attraction for desplechin in creating my golden days, a prequel to my sex life, made some 18 years earlier. My golden days, an heir to french new wave wbur news. Quentin dolmaire, lou roylecollinet, mathieu amalric. French director arnaud desplechin got his just rewards at cannes this year, albeit not in the film festival. After a press conference at the 53rd new york film festival, renowned french filmmaker arnaud desplechin discussed his new film, my golden days, with nyff festival director kent jones. Mar 22, 2018 that each arnaud desplechin film has a way of responding to the one before it and the one before that, and the one before that, and might account for the doubling and triplingback nature of my third conversation with the writerdirector, who was in town this past october for a new york film festival screening of ismaels ghosts, one of his knottiest works.
Paris arnaud desplechin s my golden years is set to world premiere at the directors fortnight section of the cannes film festival. Arnaud desplechins film tells of a middleaged anthropologist and the. The character is a nod to the ghost of another of desplechins creations, the brother of paul dedalus, threetime hero of my sex life or how i got into an argument, a christmas tale and my golden days. Arnaud desplechin s film about the unbearably sweet nature of remembered youth only now finds a. Arnaud desplechins my golden years lands in directors. With pride and enthusiasm, we are thrilled to announce the.
My golden days official trailer arnaud desplechin movie hd. Henrik ibsen, peer gynt constructed like a symphony which bears echoes. His films are scarcely less restless than their characters, who chafe against themselves and others. His childhood, his mothers madness, the parties, the trip to the ussr where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life. May 15, 2015 its difficult to imagine anything other than an affectionate reception for my golden days, arnaud desplechins eminently lovable prequel well, sequel with prequel flashbacks to his 1997 breakthrough, my sex lifeor how i got into an argument. My golden days official movie site starring quentin. Paul is preparing to leave tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. The man in the machine, michael almereydas stanley milgram biopic experimenter, and many more. My golden days opens theatrically at the film society on march 18, closing out our ninefilm retrospective of the directors work, golden days. French drama my golden years directed by arnaud desplechin. Fr, 2015, 124 mins, french dialogue with subtitles.
Where was i, as myself, as the whole man, the real. Divided into three interconnected parts, arnaud desplechin s my golden days is a roving account of the amorphous complexities of memory and identity. With ismaels ghosts, desplechin returns once more to the past, creating film after film as his way of stepping back in time, and proving yet again that his brand of genius lies in his ability to find light in the darkest of places. The films early sections, though, are marred by an insular tone. Two years ago he was pilloried for dissing desplechins my golden years by the same french critics who would surely have accused him of clientelism had desplechin landed an. Jul 12, 2016 arnaud desplechins eighth feature film, my golden days, a loose followup on characters from his 1996 filmmy sex lifeor how i got into an argument ended up being something of a career high for the auteur, who has steadily been making films since 1991 and who has premiered a majority of his films at the cannes film festival. Theres a film i saw called my golden years by a french director named arnaud desplechin.
Vidal doc best of enemies from morgan neville and robert gordon, sean bakers acclaimed tangerine, alex gibneys steve jobs. Where was i, with my forehead stamped with gods seal. Arnaud desplechin on hitchcock and bergmans influence on. Quentin dolmaire, left, and lou roylecollinet in my golden days. Im hoping in my heart of hearts that the cinema world has got arnaud desplechin fever. The opening film of the prestigious cannes film festival in 2017, ismael s ghosts is the latest film from celebrated filmmaker arnaud desplechin my golden days, kings and queen. During our recent eightfilm retrospective of arnaud desplechins work, the french filmmaker joined new york film festival director kent jones to discuss his latest effort, my golden days. This time desplechin decided to approach the paul and esther story with teenagers, explaining that the young generation enlightened the film. Desplechins my golden years gets next best to golden palm at. My golden days also titled my golden years, is a 2015 french drama film directed by arnaud desplechin. Marion cotillard, charlotte gainsbourg, mathieu amalric and louis garrel directed by.
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