N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (Don't Forget You're Goi...

Xavier Beauvois, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Bulle Ogier, Philippe Duclos ... see more  , Frédéric Quiring , Jean-Louis Richard , Pascal Bonitzer , Jean Douchet , Cédric Kahn , Emmanuel Salinger , Patrick Chauvel , Olivier Pajot , Sandra Cheres , Kader Ammouche , Lyece Arrouf , Arthur Beauvois , Eliane Boeri , Maïlls Debernede , Marc Faure , Alain Favarel , Djamal Hammadi , Jean-Selim Kanaan , Mathieu Lindon , Eva Mazoric , Gian Franco Mazzoni , Letica Milic , Stanislas Nordey , Francesca Oppensano , Didier Pancrate , Joël Poupardin , Denis Psaltopoulos , Aurélia Puchault , Peguy Puthod , Nathalie Rabé , Véronique Samouïlov , Anne-Marie Sauzeau , Véronique Vaudin , Thierry Venez , Mostafa Zerguine

In this downbeat drama from France, Benoit (Xavier Beauvois) is an upper class art student who is shocked to discover that he's been drafted into the Army. Eager to avoid military service, Benoit feig... read more ns illness, consults a psychiatrist for depression, and even tells the draft board he's gay, all to no avail. In a fit of desperation, Benoit attempts suicide, only to learn in the hospital that he has tested positive for HIV. Now that he has a real reason to be depressed, Benoit sinks into an emotional downturn and ends up in jail, where he is introduced to Omar (Roschdy Zem), who suggests that he can make big money fast by smuggling drugs. With nothing better to do, Benoit goes into business with Omar, and with his ill-gotten gains, he travels to Italy, where he meets a beautiful young woman named Claudia (Chiara Mastroianni). Benoit and Claudia quickly fall in love, but the lure of the drug market soon proves more powerful than Benoit's feelings for his girlfriend. Director and star Xavier Beauvois won the Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival for his work on this film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi