Novo

Memento (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Man Without a Past (2002) - nowadays, it seems fashionable to make films about people with loss of memory or the inability ''to chart new experiences''. Graham, main character in Novo, suffers from both defects. After a head injury in an innocent kung-fu fight with his best friend, Graham no longer recognizes his wife, his son, or even recalls his own name. Without his notebook, he would not remember any new experiences either. Every day he is led to work at a photocoPY office, where several women yearn for his body. The seductive boss exploits him at work whenever she fancies, and a new colleague, Irene, also appreciates ''fucking someone without a past''. While the amnesia theme in Memento often is subordinated to the ''whodunnit'' story, the memory loss in Novo is a fictional excuse to speak about love and sexual desire. It is a engaging drama, not simply because of all the good-looking people in it, but for its subtle humour, for Jean-Pierre Limosin's delicate direction, and above all for Eduardo Noriega's ingenious and precise leading performance. Not many actors manage the task of being a charming womanizer, while at the same time appearing modest. JON ASP

Medverkande
Eduardo Noriega,Anna Mouglalis,Nathalie Richard: Producent
Hengameh Panahi: Manus
Christophe Honoré: Foto
Julien Hirsch: Musik
Kraked: Talat språk
French