Souvenirs, souvenirs (1984)
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Cast
Christophe Malavoy, Gabrielle Lazure, Philippe Noiret, Annie Girardot
In 1962 Paris, two brothers pursue very different ambitions as one tries to launch a singing comeback and the other navigates school, romance, and growing up.
The story
In Paris in 1962, younger brother Antoine divides his time between his friends and high school, hoping to get his driver’s license and finding himself drawn into a few shady dealings. He also falls in love with his music teacher. His older brother Régo returns from the Algerian War, determined to revive his career as a singer-songwriter and make a name for himself in music. As the brothers’ lives unfold over several months, Régo finds a powerful manager who can help him return to the stage and confront a rival, while the story plays against a soundtrack of popular songs from the era.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Paris in 1962, a young man tries to make a name for himself as a fashionable singer. Paris, 1962: the intertwined fortunes of two brothers. Antoine, the younger of the two, divides his time between his friends and high school. Régo, the older brother, returns from the Algerian War. A former singer-songwriter, he wants to make a comeback and break through in music. The film follows the lives of the two brothers over the course of a few months. Antoine longs to get his driver’s license, gets involved in a few “shady dealings,” and falls in love with his music teacher (Gabrielle Lazure). Régo, meanwhile, finds a powerful manager (Marlène Jobert) who will help him get back onstage and face off against Firmani (Claude Brasseur). All of this unfolds to a sixties soundtrack featuring songs by Johnny Hallyday, Sheila, the Platters, Bill Haley, and groups such as Les Apaches, Les Surfs, and Les Vagabonds, among others.
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