Novo (2002)

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The nature of love and memory and how the two sensations interrelate are explored in Jean-Pierre Limosin's 2002 film Novo. Office worker Graham (Eduardo Noriega) suffered a head injury that destroyed his ability to maintain long-term memories. Falling in love with the forgetful Graham, temporary… More The nature of love and memory and how the two sensations interrelate are explored in Jean-Pierre Limosin's 2002 film Novo. Office worker Graham (Eduardo Noriega) suffered a head injury that destroyed his ability to maintain long-term memories. Falling in love with the forgetful Graham, temporary office secretary Irene (Anna Mouglalis) takes the opportunity to engage Graham in a sexual relationship that feels like the beginning of a hot romance -- with plenty of adventurous sexual encounters along the way. While Irene insists that she'll maintain the memories for both of them until Graham recovers, she begins to wonder if their romance will endure without his being able to remember any of the hot details from their short history. Novo was a chosen for inclusion into the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival. ~ Ryan Shriver, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Jean-Pierre Limosin
Written By: Christophe Honoré, Jean Pierre Limosin
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 8, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Nov 22, 2005
Studio: IFC Films

Critic Reviews

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
While its provocative theme clearly has dramatic and comedic possibilities, the film mostly fails to realize them, content to provide a series of erotic encounters with plenty of opportunities for its lead performers to undress.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Playfully sexy.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Sleek, attractive and ultimately vapid, Novo applies to sex and love the concept of short-term memory loss used to such acute dramatic effect in Memento.
James Crawford, Village Voice
Limosin's elliptical narrative, meant to correlate with his protagonist's blank-slate mind, instead plays as desultory and just plain confused.
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Despite its philosophical pretensions, the film is fairly lightweight, and its good-looking cast and sleek production values are more memorable than any of its heady themes.
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
Groundhog Day for the randy or 9 1/2 Weeks reduced to 9 1/2 hours
Phil Hall, Film Threat
It's Memento as a Eurotrash sex comedy.
Matthew Leyland, BBC
It's not hard to be charmed by lead actor Noriega.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Taking a cue from Memento, Novo positions a flesh-and-blood man's short-term memory as a kind of moral invisibility cloak.