Before I Forget (film)

Before I forget French Avant que joublie 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.

Pierre later visits Jacques, a wealthy gay friend, who is married and has tax problems. They compare bargains on gigolos. Pierre brags that he has acquired the services of one young man for half the price that his friend paid. A trip to Pigalle for sex is curtailed because of Pierres impotence problem. At his lawyers, an old gay man, Pierre runs into a friend from many years ago, Paul, an ex con who has inherited money from his late lover Gaston, an exlover of Pierre. Paul, who was barelyyears old when Pierre was in his prime, was having sex with the lawyer when Pierre arrived to invite him for lunch. At the restaurant, they compare crime stories stealing things, doing time, etc. Pierre casually mentions that he used to cruise with Roland Barthes and later reflects on his now lost youth and good looks, commenting that then Apart from sun, cock, and bars, nothing much interested me.Toutoune, Pierres former older lover and patron ofyears died recently and Pierre had been hoping to inherit some money, but no will was found and he was swindled out of his inheritance by Toutounes relatives. With a friend, he visits Toutounes house looking for some artwork that was left to him. What would make me happy? Nothing... he says at one point, adding that a new young lover might do the trick. ........

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