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  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Jacques Nolot stars and directs a tale of a downward spiraling gay gigolo, struggling to cope with his advancing age, poverty, loneliness, writers block, and the increasing complications of HIV disease. When his wealthy benefactor dies after thirty years of lavish support, his inheritance is challenged by the benefactor’s family, leavin...

Directed By: Jacques Nolot

Written By: Jacques Nolot

  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Before I Forget

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jacques Nolot stars and directs a tale of a downward spiraling gay gigolo, struggling to cope with his advancing age, poverty, loneliness, writers block, and the increasing complications of HIV disease. When his wealthy benefactor dies after thirty years of lavish support, his inheritance is challenged by the benefactor’s family, leavin...

Directed By: Jacques Nolot

Written By: Jacques Nolot

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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6 Reviews
14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
78
86% Positive
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
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90
Before I Forget is, in the broad sense, "gay-themed." But it's also one of the loveliest, most direct and most devastating pictures about aging that I've ever seen.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
90
Exquisitely sad, idiosyncratic film à clef about an aging gay gigolo grasping at the embers of memory before they--and he--turn to ash.
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88
It all comes down to Nolot's marvelous performance: His Pierre is sulky, morose, self-centered and curiously likeable, and Nolot leaves you wanting to know a bit more about just where this odd figure might be headed.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
An unblinking portrait of a complicated, solitary gay man who has outlived his working years.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
A film one can admire, but it is not "likable," per se, nor does its director wish it to be.
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67
It's hardly a rosy picture of what it's like to be gay and 60 in Paris. But it's an engrossing picture.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
60
If you've pondered how to order a round of fellatio as one orders a pizza or wondered what gay gentlemen of a certain age talk about, this touching glimpse of faded beauty and looming decrepitude fits the bill.
By Lisa Nesselson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Elia Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa
Release Date Jul 18, 2008
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 1 Nomination
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Nomination

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