Short Memory (La Mémoire courte) 44 years old

Short Memory

In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.

Credits

Short Memory Cast

Name Character
Jacques Rivette He was 51, 87 years old when he died as Marcel Jaucourt
Nathalie Baye She was 31, now 75 years old as Judith Mesnil
Bulle Ogier She was 40, now 84 years old as Geneviève Derhode
Elisabeth Kaza She was 55, 79 years old when she died as Madame Toth
Philippe Léotard He was 39, 60 years old when he died as Frank Barila
Xavier Saint-Macary He was 31, 39 years old when he died as Le mari de Judith
Claude Ollier He was 56, 91 years old when he died
Claire Wauthion She was 34, now 78 years old as Madame Mann
Benoît Jacquot He was 32, now 77 years old as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
Hermine Karagheuz She was 32, now 77 years old as Irene Jaucourt
Adrian Brine He was 43, 80 years old when he died as Monsieur Mann

Short Memory Crew

Name Department
William Lubtchansky as Director of Photography. He was 41 (72) years old when He died Camera
Nicole Lubtchansky as Editor. She was 42 (77) years old when She died Editing
Edgardo Cozarinsky as Writer. He was 40 (now 85) years old Writing
Eduardo de Gregorio as Director. He was 37 (70) years old when He died Directing
Eduardo de Gregorio as Writer. He was 37 (70) years old when He died Writing
Short Memory poster
Short Memory (44 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, September 30, 1979
  • Runtime: 102 minutes