Memories

Synopsis

The day of his grandfather’s funeral, Romain, 23, a literature student who dreams of writing a great novel, gets a job as a night watchman in a hotel. His father, Michel, retires from the postal service and finds himself with free time on his hands, but his mother, Nathalie, doesn’t like that her husband now just mopes around at home.

When Romain’s 85-year-old grandmother Madeleine has a fall, Michel and his brothers decide to place her in a retirement home. Madeleine runs away after finding out her son sold her apartment without consulting her. Romain, who has always been close to his grandmother, finds out she has returned to her native Normandy. He borrows a car to goes to join her. Thanks to a young school teacher, Madeleine has found joy in befriending the students of the local school, who are the same age she was when she had to flee Normandy during the war. Romain begins to fall for the teacher.

Cast

Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy, Mathieu Spinosi, Chantal Lauby, William Lebghil, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Paul Rouve