Souvenir (2016)

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Souvenir is a 2016 romance film directed and co-written by Bavo Defurne. It stars Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, and Johan Leysen.

Background

Defurne had the idea for the film "wondering what happened to the people who don’t win singing competitions... What does it feel like to have been in the spotlight and then suddenly find yourself in the shadows? [...] What happens when one returns to anonymity? It’s something that fascinates me". With this in mind, the film "had to bring back to life the star behind the forgotten celebrity. Jean opens a veritable Pandora’s box.

Defurne sent his screenplay to Huppert's agent, and after reading it Huppert loved it: "The script was well written, the dialogue was well done, it was quite unusual and had a very powerful sentimental side. And that was confirmed during the shoot with those very dreamlike shots and a dramatic aesthetic in the style of Douglas Sirk. The story was both improbable and charming, and very cinematographic". The tone of the film is tragi-comic.

Azaïs was immediately attracted to working with Huppert. He also "really liked the story. It’s not a regular love story. It’s the tale of a young guy who turns into a man when faced with a more mature woman". He added that [Huppert] "is very rigorous and she was enormously helpful to me. She notices everything, she perceives everything. [...] She supported me in every scene all the time, even when she didn’t feature in it".

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