Happy Memories

Happy Memories (French: Les Beaux Souvenirs) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Mankiewicz and released in 1981.[1] Identified by film critics as a spiritual if not literal sequel to his previous film Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras),[2] the film stars Julie Vincent as Viviane, a young woman returning home for the first time since running away several years earlier.

Happy Memories
Les Beaux Souvenirs
Directed byFrancis Mankiewicz
Written byRéjean Ducharme
Produced byJean Dansereau
StarringJulie Vincent
Monique Spaziani
Paul Hébert
CinematographyGeorges Dufaux
Edited byAndré Corriveau
Music byJean Cousineau
Production
companies
National Film Board of Canada
Lamy, Spencer et Compagnie
Release date
October 8, 1981
Running time
114 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film also stars Monique Spaziani as Viviane's sister Marie, who has an incestuous relationship with their father (Paul Hébert); Andrée Lachapelle as their mother, who also abandoned the family years earlier; and Rémy Girard as their mother's new partner.

The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 3rd Genie Awards: Best Actress (Spaziani), Best Screenplay (Réjean Ducharme) and Best Original Score (Jean Cousineau).[3]

References
  1. "Beaux souvenirs, Les – Film de Francis Mankiewicz". Films du Québec, January 19, 2009.
  2. "Film portrait of backwoods Quebec a letdown". The Globe and Mail, October 28, 1981.
  3. "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.


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