Avant que j'oublie (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Jacques Nolot

Writer:

Jacques Nolot (writer)

Release Date:

17 October 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A potrait of a 58-year-old man battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery. |

Plot Keywords:

Gay Character | Fellatio | Gay Sex | Paris France | Last Will And Testament

Cast

Jacques Nolot	...	Pierre Pruez
Jean-Pol Dubois	...	L'homme
Marc Rioufol	...	Paul
Bastien d'Asnières	...	Marc
Gaetano Weysen-Volli	...	Le beau gosse du resto chinois
Bruno Moneglia	...	Bruno
David Kessler	...	Le psy Manosky
Rémy Le Fur	...	Le commissaire-priseur
Jean Pommier	...	Georges, le notaire
Lyes Rabia	...	Khalid, le livreur
Lionel Goldstein	...	David
Bernard Herlem	...	Richard
Claudine Sainderichin	...	Femme assurances
Albert Mainella	...	Toutoune
Jean-Paul Chagniot	...	Willem
Isabelle Boudot de la Motte	...	Marie-Odile
Josianne Daussy	...	Femme exposition
Florence Bouteau	...	Capitaine Laforge
Raphaëline Goupilleau	...	Voisine Toutoune
Isabel Arias	...	La femme de ménage
Alimata Camara	...	La concierge
David Lefèvre	...	Flic atelier
Yann Gohiec	...	Responsable Prisunic

Directed by
Jacques Nolot

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jacques Nolot		writer

Produced by
Pauline Duhault	....	producer

Cinematography by
Josée Deshaies

Film Editing by
Sophie Reine

Production Design by
Gaëlle Guitard

Costume Design by
Sophie Lifshitz
Eléonore O'Byrne

Production Management
David Léotard	....	production manager

Sound Department
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Jean Mallet	....	sound editor
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Jean-Louis Ughetto	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Elodie Benguettat	....	second assistant camera
François Gallou	....	electrician
Catherine Georges	....	first assistant camera
Marianne Lamour	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Jimmy Christophe	....	colorist
Tuong Vi Nguyen-Long	....	assistant editor

Thanks
Benjamin Goumard	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Elia Films
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Procirep (support)
• Angoa-Agicoa (support)

Distributors

• ID Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Peccadillo Pictures (2008) (UK) (all media)

Also Known As:

Before I Forget (USA) (literal title)

Runtime:

France:108 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Elia Films

Trivia:

Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#07, tied with "Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon" and "Honor de cavalleria")

In the bars, you're old at 40.

Like Pierre (Jacques Nolot), I know how difficult it is to get up in the morning and start your day. The hanging flesh a reminder of your advancing age and the splendid youth that is just a fading memory.

Pierre is not a happy, or likable man. He sleeps a lot during the day on a ratty couch, bemoans the lovers who have left him, and has no one to relate to as he awaits the cemetery plot he has already chosen. Life is just endless cigarettes and coffee. When visiting with friends they moan about money and constantly complain. He is reduced to paying for sex, which just serves as a reminder of his lost youth.

He refuses to increase his HIV treatments because he will lose his hair and "have the face of an Auschwitz victim." Depressing, but a fine performance by Nolot.