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Before I Forget (2007)

Before I Forget poster
Original title
Avant que j'oublie
Directed by
Jacques Nolot
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging gay man looks back on his life as a former hustler. He now pays for sex and faces his own mortality and solitude.

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What happens

Before I forget (French: Avant que j'oublie) is a 2007 French drama film directed, written and starred in by Jacques Nolot. The film portrays the life of an aging gay man, who was a hustler in his youth, confronting old age, an empty life and a reversal of paying for sex. The film was well received by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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