Claude Miller's haunting adaptation of psychoanalyst Philippe Grimbert prize-winning novel
Memory -- a fictionalized account of his Jewish family's experiences in Nazi occupied France -- is both a gripping mystery and an ever-timely reminder of the terrible power of repression and silence.
Unfolding as a series of nested flashbacks, the film begins with a now-adult Francois Grimbert (Mathieu Amalric) receiving a call from his mother, Tania (Cecile De France): Distraught after his unleashed fox terrier was struck and killed by a car, Philippe's father, Maxime (Patrick Bruel), has wandered off and been gone for hours. As he searches for Maxime father, ...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins