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My Golden Days
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French	Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse
Directed by	Arnaud Desplechin
Written by	Arnaud Desplechin Julie Peyr
Produced by	Oury Milshtein Tatiana Bouchain
Starring	Quentin Dolmaire Lou Roy-Lecollinet Mathieu Amalric
Cinematography	Irina Lubtchansky
Edited by	Laurence Briaud
Music by	Grégoire Hetzel
Production companies	Why Not Productions France 2 Cinéma
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	$4.2 million
Box office	$1.5 million

My Golden Days (French: Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse, lit. 'Three Memories of my Youth'), also titled My Golden Years, is a 2015 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It stars Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, and Mathieu Amalric. It is a prequel to the 1996 film My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the SACD Prize.

Plot

Due to a passport problem, an anthropologist Paul is stopped and interrogated at the airport in Paris. He recalls the memories of his youth.

Told in three segments: (1: “Childhood”) Paul argues with his mother and goes and stays with an aunt. His mother dies and his angry father attacks him. (2: “Russia”) Paul is questioned about a passport irregularity. He explains that he went on a school trip to Russia. His Jewish friend agreed to act as a courier, handing over money and books. Paul gave up his passport (3: “Esther”) Paul falls in love with his sister’s friend Esther, beautiful, promiscuous, and unhappy. They meet at parties and begin a long-term relationship, though each has other lovers. Paul studies in Paris but returns home when he can. His tutor dies and he works on a research project in Tajikistan. (“Epilogue”) Paul bumps into Jean-Paul and his wife. Paul says Jean-Paul betrayed him while he was away.

Cast

• Quentin Dolmaire as Paul Dédalus
• Lou Roy-Lecollinet as Esther
• Mathieu Amalric as Paul (adult)
• Dinara Droukarova as Irina
• Pierre-Benoist Varoclier as Yorick
• Françoise Lebrun as Rose
• Irina Vavilova as Mme Sidorov
• Olivier Rabourdin as Abel Dédalus
• Anne Benoît as Louise
• 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
• 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

Release

The film had is world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2015. It was released in France on 20 May 2015.

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 69 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "My Golden Years is a complex, well-acted coming-of-age drama." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Accolades

References

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8. Jagernauth, Kevin (3 April 2015). "Watch: First International Trailer And Images For Arnaud Desplechin's 'My Golden Years' Starring Mathieu Amalric". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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11. "Le Palmarès des Swann d'Or 2015". Cabourg Film Festival. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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15. "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. Webedia. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
16. "Prix et nominations : Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario 2016". AlloCiné. Webedia. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• My Golden Days at IMDb

• 2015 films
• 2015 drama films
• 2010s French-language films
• French drama films
• Films directed by Arnaud Desplechin
• Films with screenplays by Arnaud Desplechin
• Films set in the 1980s
• Films whose director won the Best Director Lumières Award
• Films whose director won the Best Director César Award
• 2010s French films
• Le Pacte films
• French-language drama films