Don't Forget You're Going to Die

1995 film by Xavier Beauvois

Don't Forget You're Going to Die
Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Beauvois
Written by	Xavier Beauvois Emmanuel Salinger Anne-Marie Sauzeau Marie Sauzeau Zoubir Tligui
Produced by	Christopher Lambert
Starring	Xavier Beauvois
Cinematography	Caroline Champetier
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	John Cale
Distributed by	PolyGram Film Distribution
Release dates	May 1995 (1995-05) (Cannes) 3 January 1996 (1996-01-03) (France)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€ 3.6 million

Don't Forget You're Going to Die (French: N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir, French pronunciation: [nubli pa kə ty va muʁiʁ]) is a 1995 French drama film directed, co-written by and starring Xavier Beauvois.

Plot

Benoit (Xavier Beauvois) has planned out his life. Unfortunately he has forgotten about National Service. After he is called up, he tries everything to get around. He goes to a psychiatrist who gives him medicine against depression. As this doesn't work out he tries suicide. The story gets even worse as he is told by a military doctor that he is HIV positive. Benoit tumbles down into the drug scene. Then he goes to Italy and meets Claudia (Chiara Mastroianni). Things seem to improve, but only for a short time...

Cast

Xavier Beauvois as Benoît
Chiara Mastroianni as Claudia
Roschdy Zem as Omar
Bulle Ogier as Benoît's Mother
Jean-Louis Richard as Benoît's Father
Emmanuel Salinger as Military Doctor
Jean Douchet as Jean-Paul
Pascal Bonitzer as Psychiatrist
Cédric Kahn as Benoît's Friend
Stanislas Nordey as Benoît's Friend
Patrick Chauvel as Military Commander
Denis Psaltospoulos as Patient

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed and largely performed by John Cale, and was subsequently released as an album.

Accolades

The film won the Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

References

"N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir". JP's Box-Office.
"Don't Forget You're Going to Die". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
John Cale - N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir, 1995, retrieved 2022-08-13
"Festival de Cannes: N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-04.

External links

Don't Forget You're Going to Die at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Xavier Beauvois
Nord (1991) Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995) To Matthieu (2000) The Young Lieutenant (2005) Of Gods and Men (2010) The Price of Fame (2014) The Guardians (2017) Drift Away (2021)

v t e Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize
1946–1973	The Battle of the Rails (1946) All About Eve (1951) We Are All Murderers (1952) Knave of Hearts (1954) Lost Continent (1955) The Mystery of Picasso (1956) Kanał / The Seventh Seal (1957) Mon Oncle (1958) Stars (1959) L'Avventura / Odd Obsession (1960) Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) The Trial of Joan of Arc / L'Eclisse (1962) Harakiri / The Cassandra Cat (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Kwaidan (1965) Alfie (1966) Z (1969) The Falcons / The Strawberry Statement (1970) Love / Joe Hill (1971) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) The Hourglass Sanatorium / The Invitation (1973)
1980–2000	The Constant Factor (1980) Kharij (1983) Colonel Redl (1985) Thérèse (1986) Yeelen / Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) A Short Film About Killing (1988) Jesus of Montreal (1989) Hidden Agenda (1990) Europa / Out of Life (1991) Dream of Light / An Independent Life (1992) The Puppetmaster / Raining Stones (1993) La Reine Margot (1994) Don't Forget You're Going to Die / Carrington (1995) Crash (1996) Western (1997) Class Trip / Festen (1998) The Letter (1999) Blackboards / Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
2002–present	Divine Intervention (2002) At Five in the Afternoon (2003) Tropical Malady (2004) Shanghai Dreams (2005) Red Road (2006) Persepolis / Silent Light (2007) Il Divo (2008) Thirst / Fish Tank (2009) A Screaming Man (2010) Polisse (2011) The Angels' Share (2012) Like Father, Like Son (2013) Mommy / Goodbye to Language (2014) The Lobster (2015) American Honey (2016) Loveless (2017) Capernaum (2018) Bacurau / Les Misérables (2019) Ahed's Knee / Memoria (2021) EO / The Eight Mountains (2022) Fallen Leaves (2023) Emilia Pérez (2024)

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