Product Details

• Actors: Bernard Verley, Chiara Mastroianni, Roschdy Zem, Jean-Louis Richard, Pascal Bonitzer
• Directors: Xavier Beauvois
• Producers: North , Don't Forget You're Going to Die ( Nord , N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir ) ( North , Do not, North
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Why Not Productions
• Run Time: 208 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001AO2JL8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,180 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: North (1991)

In this measured, leisurely paced melodrama, a kindly village pharmacist is transformed by drink into a brute when he leaves work and returns home, terrorizing his wife, son, and handicapped daughter. When his drinking causes problems on the job, he checks into a rehabilitation clinic and for a brief time afterwards his family relations are better. However, drink has not lost its spell over him, and he soon returns to the bottle more avidly than before, with tragic results. This first-time feature by director Xavier Beauvois won the critics' award at the 1991 Montreal Film Festival.

Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995)

Benoit (Xavier Beauvois) has planned out his life. Unfortunately he has forgotten the military duty. After he is called to duty 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... SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, Ceasar Awards, European Film Awards, Montreal World Film Festival, ...North / Don't Forget You're Going to Die ( Nord / N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir ) ( North / Do not Forget You are Going to Die )

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Comment on 'Don't Forget You're Going to Die' only, December 16, 2011

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This review is from: North / Don't Forget You're Going to Die ( Nord / N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir ) ( North / Do not Forget You are Going to Die ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ] (DVD)

I have yet to see 'North', but I did recently track down 'Don't
Forget You're Going to Die'

Saw it on line (on MUBI, the only place I could find it, and a good,
legitimate source for some more obscure foreign and indie films) and
would love to see it again on a bigger screen.

Low key but intense, this follows a young man who tries to evade his
army service with a false suicide, only to find out he has HIV at a
time when it was more a death sentence. His life spins out of controls
as he turns to drug use and drug dealing to hide his pain, and forget
his impending demise.

Then he meets a woman who offers some hope and real love, but can he
actually accept it, knowing how short his horizon is?

The acting is good, but not great, and some of the character turns are
sudden to the point of feeling almost arbitrary. Some memorable scenes
and images, but it all stays pretty distanced and unemotional. A second
viewing would be instructional.