If you've ever felt nostalgia, you will completely understand this film. This film displays nostalgia, of our good times, of the times we missed, the times we loved, and the times we cherished. It also deals, however, with the times we hated, the times we were embarrassed and the times that were bad. This film combines both nostalgia and regret into one well paced film, that contains great acting, magnificent direction and a swell soundtrack. A french film, alas, some may consider it to be overrated if they have never experienced nostalgia. The ones who have experienced nostalgia, however, will absolutely love this film. Whoever this director is, I'm going to look for some more films that he directed, because this was absolutely stunning. A spectacular experience that will make you feel with the characters, with pain and nostalgia. I will not give anything else away. 10/10.

Realistic, funny, honest, gritty with fantastic music! What more could you ask for? I wish I could find the soundtrack for this as each song fits each moment perfectly (whichever emotion it is trying to portray). I found myself caught between laughing & (almost) crying throughout the entire film. I am sure each person can relate to something in at least one of the characters... the angsty rebellious teenager, the hopeless romantic, the 'drop out', the couple who has fallen out of love and the doctor who is stuck in a job he doesn't love and a relationship he is not happy in.The acting in this movie is simply fantastic.It is structured around five key moments in a family's life and is such a fun, inspiring movie which plays with all of the different relationships between father & son, mother & daughter and of course, husband & wife. It may sound intense or grim, but in fact I found this film to be (along with some intense moments of course), full of light and fluffy feel-good moments too.You will see each character's different perspective on life and how they grow, which makes interesting watching. From the start to the end, I just loved it.Don't be put off by the subtitles - you don't need to understand French to understand this wonderful movie!

Yes, and I thought to what I wrote ! When I saw this film, it was the first time that all of the characters made me share their emotions and laughs. Amazing !A very nice film, treated well.I particularly love the way of filming. It's also the first time I saw such a devotion to one film. Really interesting. The audio fits perfectly with the film.The problem, as you surely know it, is "the family". Every character is perfect in his or her role, and no one can doubt about that !Three words : buy and see !

What attracted me to this one was the billing. Jacques Gamblin who I have yet to see give a bad or even mediocre performance plus Zabout Breitman who directed one of the finest French films of the last few years, Se Souvenirs des belles choses, and is an equally fine actress plus Deborah Francois, the very promising newcomer who scored heavily as the Page-Turner a couple of years ago. There's not that much to it; we're privy to the highs and lows of a family over a period of several years; they laugh, they cry, they fight, there are crises to be dealt with and they are; The penultimate scene is just Zabou sitting silently and I can still see it forty eight hours later. Not, of course, for everyone but then what is.