Short Memory
1982 · 102 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 149 VOTES · DIR. Eduardo de Gregorio
Overview
In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.
Dialogue Timeline — 804 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:15 The egoism of men or nations is a sure sign of their moral underdevelopment.
00:04:22 And you are?
00:05:40 Goodbye.
00:09:39 So, you're leaving just like that?
00:11:55 Love letters?
00:18:44 They're still amongst us.
00:21:25 in the present political situation.
00:27:02 He went into the office of an import- export company called Constance.
00:32:44 Oh...well, thanks.
00:40:24 At the cafe?
00:44:25 There were soirees with students for businessmen and diplomats...
00:47:12 Who are you?
00:52:37 Stole them.
00:55:36 What were you doing over there in Guarana?
01:00:21 You see, I wasn't wrong about you.
01:05:23 We've got all we need from her now.
01:09:24 Stop the car, I want to get out.
01:12:25 It's our last chance...
01:16:22 So I set up another meeting with her.
01:19:05 You're right.
01:22:36 Not you?
01:26:07 I get to to finish the bottle!
01:31:02 Everything's known... Nothing else matters.
194:04:04 with my parents.
Cast & Characters
Nathalie Baye
Judith Mesnil
Philippe Léotard
Frank Barila
Bulle Ogier
Geneviève Derhode
Xavier Saint-Macary
Le mari de Judith
Hermine Karagheuz
Mme Jaucourt (Premier Flashback)
Jacques Rivette
Marcel Jaucourt (Premier Flashback)
Claire Wauthion
Madame Mann
Adrian Brine
Monsieur Mann
Elisabeth Kaza
Madame Toth (Deuxième Flashback)
Charles Marosi
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed804
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:01:15
Final line194:04:04
Production Record
DirectorEduardo de Gregorio
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes149