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My Golden Days

2015 · 123 min

A wistful, memory-soaked plunge into first love and youthful mistakes, told with warmth and a lingering ache.

Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric

Overview: Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

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Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
coming-of-age
betrayal
family
Places: big city
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Written by: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr
Starring: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova, Léonard Matton, Cécile Garcia-Fogel, Irina Vavilova, Françoise Lebrun
Music: Grégoire Hetzel, Mike Kourtzer
Cinematography: Irina Lubtchansky
Runtime: 123 min
Country: France
Languages: Russian, French, Hebrew

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