Camille Rewinds (2012)

Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have... See full summary »

Director:

Noémie Lvovsky

Writers:

Maud Ameline (screenplay), Noémie Lvovsky (screenplay)

Stars:

Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Judith Chemla

5 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noémie Lvovsky	...	Camille Vaillant
Samir Guesmi	...	Éric
Judith Chemla	...	Josepha
India Hair	...	Alice
Julia Faure	...	Louise
Yolande Moreau	...	La mère de Camille
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le père de Camille
Denis Podalydès	...	Alphonse Da Costa - le prof de physique
Jean-Pierre Léaud	...	Monsieur Dupont, l'horloger
Vincent Lacoste	...	Vincent
Micha Lescot	...	Le prof de théâtre
Anne Alvaro	...	La prof d'anglais à qui Camille demande de l'adopter
Mathieu Amalric	...	Le prof de français sadique
Riad Sattouf	...	Le réalisateur
Elsa Amiel	...	L'assistante réalisatrice

Storyline

Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | triple f rated | alternate reality | film within a film | girl wears eyeglasses | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The high school scenes were filmed at the Lycée Alfred Kastler in Cergy Pontoise during the fall break (between 22-10-2011 and 3-11-2011).

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Goofs

When Camille and her friends are at the swimming pool by night, they listen to a boom box playing the 2012 song "One Day/Reckoning Song" by Asaf Avidan and the Mojos.

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Soundtracks

Walking on Sunshine
Performed by Katrina & The Waves
Written by Kimberley Rew

User Reviews

We always stay children ...

"Camille redouble" is quite characteristic of the current french cinema evolution : there have always been comedies, though the new ones are more energetic, colorful, while still keeping some seriousness .

Indeed, this movie is about Camille, a 40-something years old woman struggling in her present life, who has the chance to visit her teenage past. She's trying not to re do the same errors,saying to her parents how much she loves them, trying to bar her future boyfriend to approach her... though it appears that all these attempts are not functioning well. And it reminds us that there is no way trying to change the past, we just have to live with it...

This movie is very interesting, in its approach of some major elements of everyone's life : death, friendship, love. Usually, for a deep analysis of the latter themes you would see a grim movie(at least in France), but with this one, you will come out of the theater thinking and yet with a smile on your face.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 September 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Camille Rewinds

Filming Locations:

Rue Dieulafoy, Paris 13, Paris, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,223,101

Company Credits

Production Co:

F Comme Film, Ciné@, Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1