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Photographic Memory

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Filmmaker Ross McElwee returns to a seaside town in France where he spent time in his younger days, and reconnects with a former sweetheart.

Critics Reviews

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Nicolas Rapold Film Comment Magazine 07/01/2013
In his latest film, the 65-year-old director retraces his postcollegiate wanderjahrs in France jobbing for a wedding photographer, in an earnest effort to understand his son Adrian, a headstrong, restless creative type and stunt skier. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 10/15/2012
Filmmaker Ross McElee continues his obsessive self-reflection in this entertaining meditation on aging and memory. Go to Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor 10/12/2012
A
I would like to think that one day Adrian might look at this documentary and see it as a supreme act of paternal love. Go to Full Review Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 09/30/2016
In the end, the camera in Photographic Memory is not so much roving as at ease with itself, moving at its own pace, not shambling but ambling along, content in its own small, personal, unassuming search for meaning. Go to Full Review Brett Michel Boston Phoenix 11/13/2012
3.5/4
Hoping to unlock not only the mysteries of his own past, but also to better understand the alienation he feels from his son, McElwee has forged another triumph in this portrait of fractured love. Go to Full Review Brent Simon Shared Darkness 11/01/2012
B+
Beguiling and homespun -- full of both answers and questions, feelings and wonder. A great little travelogue mystery that also delicately assays the human condition. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/14/2013 Any movie Ross McElwee makes is a movie I will love. See more 10/12/2012 Pensar que la vi en el macc hace full... muy buena... See more Read all reviews
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Ross McElwee

Director

Ross McElwee

Screenwriter

Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness

Screenwriter

Ross McElwee

Executive Producer

Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness

Executive Producer

Ross McElwee

Cinematographer

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Synopsis Filmmaker Ross McElwee returns to a seaside town in France where he spent time in his younger days, and reconnects with a former sweetheart.
Director
Ross McElwee
Screenwriter
Ross McElwee, Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.0K
Runtime
1h 24m