My Golden Days

2015 2h 3m FR

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 188

Drama

Synopsis

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Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Quentin Dolmaire
Young Paul Dédalus
Lou Roy-Lecollinet
Esther
Mathieu Amalric
Paul Dédalus
Dinara Drukarova
Irina
Léonard Matton
William
Cécile Garcia-Fogel
Jeanne Dédalus
Irina Vavilova
M-me Sidorov
Françoise Lebrun
Rose

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Writers: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr
Languages: Russian, French, Hebrew
Countries: France

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, French, Hebrew.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Paul Dédalus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, shot by Irina Lubtchansky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mike Kourtzer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Quentin Dolmaire and Lou Roy-Lecollinet and Mathieu Amalric carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4048050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Arnaud Desplechin directs. Irina Lubtchansky behind the camera. Mike Kourtzer scores. Laurence Briaud cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in Russian, French, Hebrew.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, French, Hebrew.
3Part of the "The Paul Dédalus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, shot by Irina Lubtchansky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mike Kourtzer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Quentin Dolmaire and Lou Roy-Lecollinet and Mathieu Amalric carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt4048050 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Irina Lubtchansky
Original score: Mike Kourtzer
Editing: Laurence Briaud
Production design: Toma Baquéni
Costume design: Nathalie Raoul
Makeup / hair: Flore Masson
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Status: Released
Box office: $269,144
Original language: FR
Certification (US): R
IMDB: My Golden Days (2015)

Awards

Lumière Award for Best Music

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Part of

The Paul Dédalus Collection

Films telling the life of Paul Dédalus, Desplechin's recurring character.

Also by

Arnaud Desplechin

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Community reviews

What people are saying

Reno2016-12-14
★ 6/10
Being young, having a beautiful girlfriend and other things that had done! They say its a prequel to the 1996 film 'My Sex Life' that I haven't seen, but this looked good and its not. I'm not sure how much one has to be familiar with the original film, though it does not matter much I think since it is a prequel. Because everything starts here and follows there. So I saw it, and I wanted to like it, but not fully impressed. The story was told in chapters. The opening was like some kind of a spy thriller, but soon when the episode 'Esther' begins, it turned into a romance drama. A man who has been investigated when another person with the same identity was found. So he reveals his school day's events, followed by his first girlfriend and complication surrounding it he had faced. That, how he had won her over the older boys and about his close friend, till leaving them behind to work in the central Asia. Mostly it is a love story with some twists in the affair, but how it all ends still remains mystery even after the narration ended. The issue is it is not detailing anything, just reveals events of a youngster's romance life. Particularly the end was not good. So I think that's why I need to see the first film, resuming the narration could continue from where this one concluded. I leave (_b_l_a_n_k__s_p_a_c_e_) till I saw that and update this review, if I change my stance over this one. Even if I didn't like, still I would update it. Meanwhile back to the review; it is like a French version of 'Flashbacks of a Fool'. Technically, there's no fault in this, only the screenplay did not convince me. The actors were so good, no doubt its a well made film that some people would enjoy it and I hope you are one of those. 6/10

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