A middle-aged anthropologist (Mathieu Amalric) is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while reminiscing about family, school adventures, a student trip to the USSR and the love (Lou Roy-Lecollinet) of his life.
13 April 1943
25 October 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
3 January 1976, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
8 February 1987, Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
8 September 1983, Paris
3 December 1961
January 17, 2017
Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric and Quentin Dolmaire all give great performances in this emotional roller coaster of a movie. The story itself seems a bit disjointed at times, but it works well enough due to the strength of the main characters.April 08, 2016
Desplechin draws uniformly superb performances from his young cast, making the coming-of-age genre seem fresh and vital.April 08, 2016
While the ghosts of teen romances past no doubt hover over many of us, after a while you might find yourself wanting to slap Paul Dedalus across the face.April 14, 2016
The easiest way to describe "My Golden Days" is as a coming-of-age romance, but Arnaud Desplechin's film, with its memories and carefully nursed grudges and moments of heartbreak and betrayal, feels weightier than that.April 07, 2016
...you don't need to see "My Sex Life" to enjoy "My Golden Days," which is wonderful by merit for several reasons, including young stars...September 08, 2016
A film that gives us one of this year's most attractive love stories. [Full review in Spanish]September 06, 2016
A film with a solid script and direction as well as good performances and an amazing soundtrack. [Full review in Spanish]November 23, 2016
Clocking in at two hours was too long for it to hold my attentionDecember 06, 2016
The film is much, much more interesting in its first quarter or third than it ever is again.April 14, 2016
The details - some funny, some intensely painful - of Paul and Esther's relationship over the years have a cumulative power that isn't diminished by a few loose ends.February 21, 2017
A sensitive film of surprising changes of rhythm and tone that become constant, enriching in an arborescent way its sense but never modifying it. [Full review in Spanish]