• Willamette Hall [Rm 100] | University of Oregon
• November 13, 2008
• 7pm

French Film Festival (Film 3 of 5)

Avant que j’oublie: 58-year-old Pierre, a prisoner of his past, has a difficult time with loneliness. Pierre shuts himself into his apartment. Sitting on the world's worst-looking leather couch he waits for inspiration, but can't manage to write his next book. He resorts to prostitutes for sex and discusses at length the price of their services with his friends. Pierre reminisces about his youth, beauty and time as a gigolo. Pierre is HIV positive and has been taking medication for years. He is weary but unbowed and begins a new therapy. Little by little, he pulls himself together with wit and irony and finds renewed inspiration with his psychiatrist's help. Accompanied by a gigolo, Pierre will at last live out a fantasy. Nolot has directed an intimate, authentic and profound film. In this film, he retains his status as a wistful and wise commentator on the urgency of human communication and interaction, and gives an unflinching rumination on homosexuality, age and desire)

Running time: 108’
Production: France, 2007
Rating: Not rated (sexual content, nudity, language and thematic elements)
Gauge: DVD (color)

DIRECTOR
Jacques Nolot

SCREENPLAY
Jacques Nolot

CAST
Pierre Pruez: Jacques Nolot
Paul: Marc Rioufol
Marc: Bastien d'Asnières
Bruno: Bruno Moneglia
Dr. Manosky: David Kessler