1949. Abitibi. To his son Louis, an adorable kid with laughing dimples, Robert Sincenne is a hero. But to the bosses at the mine where he works, the Catholic Church, and the all-powerful Premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, he is the enemy. A communist and a freethinker, Robert intends to lead the Sullidor Mining union. When his rival, Richard Bombardier, is accidentally killed, his fate is sealed. At least for a while, before he leaves for exile. Nine years later, little Louis, now grown, has become friends with Némésis, the daughter of Bombardier’s widow. Their bond will take them all the way to Ireland. For his 12th film, André Forcier returns to the more social vein of his sublime *L’eau chaude, l’eau frette* and *Bar Salon*, without, of course, losing an ounce of his edge. Raw, ironic, satirical, but also tender and endearing, *Je me souviens* plays with the light and shadow of magnificent black and white to unsettle conventional wisdom while bringing together the cream of our local actors (Céline Bonnier, Gaston Lepage, Rémy Girard, Hélène Bourgeois-Leclerc, France Castel, Roy Dupuis...) to revisit the history of Quebec in his own way. But make no mistake! While Forcier evokes a time that those under 20 would do well to know, he is also speaking to us about the Quebec of today. The words "national identity" have rarely resonated so strongly.