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Past Imperfect (1999)

Original title: Passé-composé

1999-01-01 · 1h 33m · EN
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A little girl plays the violin in a cemetery. Just afterwards, a fisherman collects in his boat a young woman, exhausted from swimming, who is asking for a violin. We guess it's the same person. Space-time has been shattered. The young lady has lost her memory, but not her purse, which contains a real fortune. A romance begins between the enigmatic belle and her saviour, she in search of her identity, he who has given up his profession as a photographer and France to reconnect with his Tunisian origins. She without a past, he has a clean slate.

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What is Past Imperfect about?

A little girl plays the violin in a cemetery. Just afterwards, a fisherman collects in his boat a young woman, exhausted from swimming, who is asking for a violin. We guess it's the same person. Space-time has been shattered. The young lady has lost her memory, but not her purse, which contains a real fortune. A romance begins between the enigmatic belle and her saviour, she in search of her identity, he who has given up his profession as a photographer and France to reconnect with his Tunisian origins. She without a past, he has a clean slate.

How long is Past Imperfect?

Past Imperfect has a runtime of 93 minutes.