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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Liliane (Isabelle Huppert) lives a modest and monotonous life. By day, she works in a pâté factory, and by night, she sits on the couch and watches TV. One day, a new worker named Jean (Kévin Azaïs) arrives. The two form a platonic relationship, but Jean grows increasingly convinced that he recognizes Liliane from a European singing cont...

Directed By: Bavo Defurne

Written By: Jacques Boon, Yves Verbraeken, Bavo Defurne

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Souvenir

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Liliane (Isabelle Huppert) lives a modest and monotonous life. By day, she works in a pâté factory, and by night, she sits on the couch and watches TV. One day, a new worker named Jean (Kévin Azaïs) arrives. The two form a platonic relationship, but Jean grows increasingly convinced that he recognizes Liliane from a European singing cont...

Directed By: Bavo Defurne

Written By: Jacques Boon, Yves Verbraeken, Bavo Defurne

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
49
20% Positive
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
49
20% Positive
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
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67
Mar 14, 2018
All the action in Souvenir happens in such a dreamlike haze, that it’s my personal pet theory that none of it is actually real and Liliane has been sitting in front of the TV the whole time.
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60
Feb 28, 2018
It’s a film so light that it barely exists but Huppert makes it worth remembering.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
58
Feb 28, 2018
The songs are catchy, the romance sweetly intense, and the lack of meaty drama an intentional maneuver to keep things light. As a distraction from life’s inherent drama, you could do a lot worse.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 2, 2018
The movie doesn’t have the budget or imagination to permit subplots.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 1, 2018
While there’s poignancy to be found in Souvenir’s depiction of aging and work, the sexual politics leave something to be desired.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 1, 2018
The story is as predictable as they come, played out at such a low emotional temperature as to be practically ignorable. Which wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if it offered something else worth paying attention to. Something else besides the endlessly watchable lead actress, that is.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 1, 2018
Huppert is such a master of her craft that even the silliest sequences give way to tour-de-force moments.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bonjour Pictures, Deal Productions, Frakas Productions, Avenue B Productions, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, La Wallonie, Bruxellimage, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Casa Kafka Pictures, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius, Fonds National de Soutien à la Production Audiovisuelle du Luxembourg, Cofinova 12, Pathé, Proximus
Release Date Mar 2, 2018
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Film Festival Oostende
• 4 Nominations

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