Feature2015·123m·6.7

My Golden Days

Drama

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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Cast

Quentin Dolmaire

Young Paul Dédalus

Lou Roy-Lecollinet

Esther

Mathieu Amalric

Paul Dédalus

Dinara Drukarova

Irina

Léonard Matton

William

Cécile Garcia-Fogel

Jeanne Dédalus

Irina Vavilova

M-me Sidorov

Françoise Lebrun

Rose

Olivier Rabourdin

Abel Dédalus

Elyot Milshtein

Marc Zylberberg

Pierre Andrau

Kovalki

Lily Taïeb

Delphine Dédalus

Raphaël Cohen

Ivan Dédalus

Kheifets Gregory

Nathan

Clémence Le Gall

Pénélope

Théo Fernandez

Bob

Gilles Cohen

Elie

Stéphane Touitou

Dimitri

Pierre-Benoist Varoclier

Yorick

Oury Milshtein

Hector

Details

Status
Released
Original language
French
Languages
French
Budget
Revenue
$269,144
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Why Not ProductionsFrance 2 Cinéma

Crew

Director

Arnaud Desplechin

Writers

Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr

Mike Kourtzer

Original Music Composer

Grégoire Hetzel

Original Music Composer

Toma Baquéni

Production Design

Irina Lubtchansky

Director of Photography

Laurence Briaud

Editor

Nathalie Raoul

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

Reno

12/14/2016

6.0

**Being young, having a beautiful girlfriend and other things that had done!** They say its a prequel to the 1996 film 'My Sex Life' that I haven't seen, but this looked good and its not. I'm not sure how much one has to be familiar with the original film, though it does not matter much I think since it is a prequel. Because everything starts here and follows there. So I saw it, and I wanted to like it, but not fully impressed. The story was told in chapters. The opening was like some kind of a spy thriller, but soon when the episode 'Esther' begins, it turned into a romance drama. A man who has been investigated when another person with the same identity was found. So he reveals his school day's events, followed by his first girlfriend and complication surrounding it he had faced. That, how he had won her over the older boys and about his close friend, till leaving them behind to work in the central Asia. Mostly it is a love story with some twists in the affair, but how it all ends still remains mystery even after the narration ended. The issue is it is not detailing anything, just reveals events of a youngster's romance life. Particularly the end was not good. So I think that's why I need to see the first film, resuming the narration could continue from where this one concluded. I leave (_b_l_a_n_k__s_p_a_c_e_) till I saw that and update this review, if I change my stance over this one. Even if I didn't like, still I would update it. Meanwhile back to the review; it is like a French version of 'Flashbacks of a Fool'. Technically, there's no fault in this, only the screenplay did not convince me. The actors were so good, no doubt its a well made film that some people would enjoy it and I hope you are one of those. _6/10_

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