Memories

Location scout Alix is in search of an old farmhouse and a castle for a film about the French Revolution. Her client has the bizarre requirement that it it must be possible to burn down the castle, or at least part of it. Alix crosses the deserted countryside, driving through the rain and snow from one location to another. She meets the residents of old, rundown houses. They share memories with her. Memories they usually have no one to tell. Almost no one lives in the village anymore: “Everything is falling apart.”

The melancholic atmosphere brings back fond memories of Alix’s own past, when the places she's now visiting were part of her life. In this combination of fiction and documentary, all the villagers play themselves, but Alix is portrayed by director Anna Falguères—she journeys back to the time when she herself worked as a location scout.