My Golden Days

My Golden Days

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Produced by Oury Milshtein
Tatiana Bouchain
Written by Arnaud Desplechin
Julie Peyr
Starring Quentin Dolmaire
Lou Roy-Lecollinet
Mathieu Amalric
Françoise Lebrun
Music by Grégoire Hetzel
Cinematography Irina Lubtchansky
Edited by Laurence Briaud
Production
company
Distributed by Le Pacte
Release dates
  • 15 May 2015 (2015-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) (France)
Running time
120 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget $3.9 million[1]
Box office $1.6 million[2]

My Golden Days (French title: Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse; also titled My Golden Years) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It is a prequel to the 1996 film My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument.[3] It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[4] where it won the SACD Prize.[5][6]

Cast

  • Quentin Dolmaire as Paul Dédalus
  • Lou Roy-Lecollinet as Esther
  • Mathieu Amalric as Paul (adult)
  • Dinara Droukarova as Irina
  • Cécile Garcia-Fogel as Jeanne Dédalus
  • Françoise Lebrun as Rose
  • Irina Vavilova as Mme Sidorov
  • Olivier Rabourdin as Abel Dédalus
  • Elyot Milshtein as Marc Zylberberg
  • Pierre Andrau as Kovalki
  • Lily Taieb as Delphine Dédalus
  • Raphaël Cohen as Ivan Dédalus
  • Clémence Le Gall as Pénélope
  • Théo Fernandez as Bob
  • Anne Benoît as Louise
  • Yassine Douighi as Medhi
  • Ève Doé-Bruce as Professor Béhanzin
  • Mélodie Richard as Gilberte
  • Pierre-Benoist Varoclier as Yorick
  • Éric Ruf as Kovalki (adult)
  • Patrick d'Assumçao as The Monk

Reception

My Golden Days currently holds a score of 89 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7] Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes also reports 90% approval among 20 critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[8]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cabourg Film Festival[9] Best Director Arnaud Desplechin Won
Cannes Film Festival[5] SACD Prize Won
César Awards[10] Best Film Nominated
Best Director Arnaud Desplechin Won
Most Promising Actor Quentin Dolmaire Nominated
Most Promising Actress Lou Roy-Lecollinet Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr Nominated
Best Cinematography Irina Lubtchansky Nominated
Best Editing Laurence Briaud Nominated
Best Original Music Grégoire Hetzel Nominated
Best Sound Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant and Stéphane Thiébaut Nominated
Best Costume Design Nathalie Raoul Nominated
Best Production Design Toma Baquéni Nominated
Chicago International Film Festival[11] Best Art Direction Toma Baqueni Won
Louis Delluc Prize[12] Best Film Nominated
Lumières Awards[13] Best Film Nominated
Best Director Arnaud Desplechin Won
Most Promising Actor Quentin Dolmaire Nominated
Most Promising Actress Lou Roy-Lecollinet Nominated
Best Screenplay Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr Nominated
Best Cinematography Irina Lubtchansky Nominated
Best Music Grégoire Hetzel Won
Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario[14] Best Original Screenplay Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr Won

References

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