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Anna Mouglalis and Eduardo Noriega in Novo (2002)
Graham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetites of the women he encounters.
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Graham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetite... Read allGraham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetites of the women he encounters.Graham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetites of the women he encounters.
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    • Jean-Pierre Limosin
    • Christophe Honoré(screenplay)
    • Jean-Pierre Limosin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eduardo Noriega
    • Anna Mouglalis
    • Paz Vega
    • Jean-Pierre Limosin
    • Christophe Honoré(screenplay)
    • Jean-Pierre Limosin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eduardo Noriega
    • Anna Mouglalis
    • Paz Vega
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    • 13User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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    Eduardo Noriega
    • Graham…
    Anna Mouglalis
    Anna Mouglalis
    • Irène
    Paz Vega
    Paz Vega
    • Isabelle
    Nathalie Richard
    Nathalie Richard
    • Sabine
    Éric Caravaca
    Éric Caravaca
    • Fred
    Lény Bueno
    • Antoine
    Julie Gayet
    Julie Gayet
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    Agathe Dronne
    • Céline
    Bernard Bloch
    • Docteur Sagem
    Vincent Dissez
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    Catherine Bidaut
    • Nadine
    Pascal Tokatlian
    • Gérard
    Dominic Gould
    Dominic Gould
    • Gilles
    Stéphanie Picard
    • La serveuse
    André S. Labarthe
    • L'homme au musée
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin
      • Christophe Honoré(screenplay)
      • Jean-Pierre Limosin(screenplay)
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      About this film, Anna Mouglalis said, "It was very difficult to act naked for so long. I am very modest. Nudity seems like the easiest and simplest thing to do, but it's not. At the beginning of my career, I didn't even want to do kissing scenes, and now all my films have nudity." More than the film, which was not seen by so many people, what stayed in the minds of the Parisians was the poster, in which she appears half-naked and with her legs spread wide open. "I didn't like that poster at all," she said. "That certainly wasn't the film".
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      Sex With Strangers (Sly & Robbie Dub Mix)
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    8/10
    To love you have to have a history
    Jean Pierre Limosin has taken on a story interlacing memory, love, history, and passion that not only has pertinence in our galloping society of hasty encounters and transient relationships but also pleads a case for people with cognitive dysfunction. Unfortunately the film is marketed as a comedy and while there are some curious incidents that cause a bit of nervous laughter, this viewer sees the work as more of a difficult struggle for those affected by mental malfunctions that affect not only the patient but also those who surround him.

    Graham/Pablo (the handsome and gifted Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega - 'Burnt Money', 'Abre los ojos', The Devil's Backbone', etc), though obviously bright and capable, works as a photocopy clerk for a large company, but suffers from memory loss, a deficit that prevents his remembering his wife Isabelle (Paz Vega) and son Antoine (Lény Bueno), his best friend Fred (Eric Caravaca), and his fellow coworkers. It also obscures his memory of flirtations and sexual encounters, including libidinous frequent seductions from his boss Sabine (Nathalie Richard). When a temporary worker Irene (Anna Mougalis) is hired Graham is told to show her the building and they end up on the roof in a passionate embrace - which of course Graham immediately forgets. But daily encounters with Irene gradually become so rich in passion that they somehow begin to register on Graham's tabula rasa mind condition! Graham's means of survival lies in the notebook attached to his wrist in which he keeps a diary of all events to remind him of each day's events. This 'artificial memory/identity' provides information for Irene, for Fred, and for his doctors and each of them has reasons to use this diary to their own ends: Fred while supportive of his friend is actually in love with Isabelle, and Irene finds evidence of Graham's affection for her that suggests to her a method of helping Graham restore his memory - and in doing so, possibly win his permanent allegiance to her.

    There are some bumpy portions of this film that create confusion at times, but in retrospect one wonders if this might have been the intention of the director - placing us as viewers into the mindset of short term memory loss to better understand Graham's plight! The cast is uniformly strong and Eduardo Noriega once again proves that he is completely capable of taking on a challenging role and finding the humanity within. Yes, there are some graphic sex scenes but they serve to intensify the flow of the story in view of the condition of Graham to whom every encounter has all the lust of a first encounter with an unknown lover! Recommended. Grady Harp
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    • Nov 26, 2005

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      • December 25, 2002 (France)
      • France
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
      • French
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      • Alta Films
      • Amka Films Productions
      • Lumen Films
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