Daddy Nostalgie (1990)

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Writers:

Colo Tavernier (story)
Colo Tavernier (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The setting is the Riviera in autumn. A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has...

Plot Keywords:

English | French Riviera | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Dirk Bogarde	...	Daddy
Jane Birkin	...	Caroline
Odette Laure	...	Miche
Emmanuelle Bataille	...	Juliette
Charlotte Kady	...	Barbara
Michele Minns	...	Caroline, as a child
Sophie Dalezio	...	Nurse #1
Sylvie Segalas	...	Nurse #2
Hélène Lefumat	...	Dame Hopital
Andrée Duranson	...	Yvonne
Raymond Defendente	...	Jimmy
Fabrice Roux	...	Fisherman
Gilbert Guerrero	...	Garcon Restaurant
Louis Ducreux	...	Mr. Metro
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bertrand Tavernier	...	Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier

Writing credits
Colo Tavernier		(story) (as Colo Tavernier O'Hagan)
Colo Tavernier		(dialogue) (as Colo Tavernier O'Hagan) and
Bertrand Tavernier		(dialogue)

Produced by
Adolphe Viezzi	....	producer

Original Music by
Antoine Duhamel

Cinematography by
Denis Lenoir

Film Editing by
Ariane Boeglin

Production Design by
Jean-Louis Povéda

Costume Design by
Christian Gasc

Makeup Department
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Yvon Crenn	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tristan Ganne	....	assistant director
Albane Guilhe	....	assistant director

Art Department
Arthur Lake	....	property master

Sound Department
Khadicha Bariha	....	sound editor
Jean-Michel Chauvet	....	boom operator
Michel Desrois	....	sound
Claudine Dumoulin	....	sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Williams Schmit	....	sound mixer
Rick Williams	....	dubbing mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeanne-Louise Bulliard	....	still photographer
Agnès Godard	....	camera operator
François Hernandez	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Solange Martin	....	camera operator
Jean-Jacques Mréjen	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Minh-Tam Nguyen	....	assistant editor
Lisa Pfeiffer	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jean-Charles Capon	....	musician: cello
Ron Carter	....	musician: bass
Philippe Catherine	....	musician: guitar
Jacques Di Donato	....	musician: clarinet
Jimmy Rowles	....	musician: piano
Louis Sclavis	....	musician: clarinet

Other crew
Kathleen Fonmarty	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Cléa Productions
• Eurisma
• Little Bear
• Solyfic

Distributors

• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1990) (France) (theatrical)
• Alliance Home Video (199?) (Canada) (video)
• Avenue Pictures Productions (1991) (USA) (subtitled)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1991) (Argentina) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Daddy Nostalgia" - USA
"These Foolish Things" - UK (imdb display title)
"Daddy Nostalgi" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Daddy Nostalgie" - Finland
"Glykia nostalgia" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Herinneringen aan een voorbije tijd" - Netherlands (informal literal title)
"Nuestros días felices" - Argentina

Runtime:

USA:105 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Cléa Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cinemania (2002)

Soundtrack:

These Foolish Things

Cinema at its best gives us a bird's eye view of life

I second Victoria's comments. A profoundly moving film.

Caroline loves her father and craves his attention, but he has lived a self-indulgent life and never gave her the time and affection she needed. Now, as time is running out, they both strive to heal their relationship.

A superbly successful investigation of the relationship between a woman and her father, that both analyzes their feelings and narrates their efforts to reach each other, and which ends in a timeless, transcendental moment capturing the bittersweet and ephemeral nature of life.

For me,as a man, the film gave insight into the father/daughter relationship; I notice that young women gave this film a higher rating than other groups.

Also, one of the few English language films of Jane Birkin widely available in the USA, along with Dust and Kung Fu Master. A uniquely sensitive actress with a large body of work in French cinema.