You Go to My Head (film)
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Pierre Bourdy
Svetozar Cvetković
Arend Pinoy
| You Go to My Head | |
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 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Dimitri de Clercq |
| Written by | Dimitri de Clercq Pierre Bourdy |
| Produced by | Dimitri de Clercq |
| Starring | Delfine Bafort Svetozar Cvetković Arend Pinoy |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany Belgium |
| Languages | English French Flemish Berber languages |
You Go to My Head is a 2017 romantic thriller film, directed and produced by Dimitri de Clercq. The film was produced under the banner of CRM-114 and The Terminal. The film stars Delfine Bafort, Svetozar Cvetković, and Arend Pinoy. The plot revolves around a woman who is suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. The film premiered at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival on 27 April 2017.
The film won numerous awards, including Best Directing and Special Jury Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It subsequently won Best Foreign Feature and Best Actress - Feature Film at the 2018 Twister Alley Film Festival. The film has received generally favourable reviews from film critics, with review-aggregation websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic giving 67 percent and 69 percent positive reviews, respectively.
A woman is lost in the Sahara desert after a car accident. She is found by Jake, an architect, and taken to the nearest doctor, who discovers that the woman is suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. Jake claims that he is her husband and names her Kitty. He takes her to his desert home so she can recover. The woman struggles to understand who she is, and she starts to fall in love with Jake. However, when her past begins to surface, Jake increasingly begins to fear losing her.
Cast
Credits adapted from Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
- Delfine Bafort as Dafne / Kitty
- Svetozar Cvetkovic as Jake
- Arend Pinoy as Ben
Production
You Go to My Head was the directorial debut for the producer Dimitri de Clercq.[2] It was entirely filmed in Morocco, with four key crew and three actors.[3] De Clercq wrote the script with the actor Delfine Bafort in mind,[3] and described her as "the soul and spirit behind [the film]".[3] When he approached Bafort to play the lead role, she agreed to act in the film under the condition that she would receive the screenplay.[2] When de Clercq and Matt Steigbigel developed the film's plot, the first draft was more "graphically violent than the script used for the film".[2] The actor Svetozar Cvetković was approached by co-producer Zoran Tasic a few weeks before principal photography began.[3] According to the director, he was "very taken by the story", and immediately agreed to play the lead role.[3]
De Clercq said that the desert was "key in inspiring [him] to make this film".[2] He compared his other films Earth and Ashes (2004) and Son of Babylon (2009), both of which were filmed in deserts, to You Go to My Head.[2] De Clercq collaborated with Stijn Grupping as director of photography, having worked with him on a previous film shot in Morocco.[2] The film does not use any artificial lights.[2] De Clercq has described You Go to My Head as a "dream" film.[3]
When discussing her nudity in the film, Bafort said: "In my nudity, I wanted to feel free. I imagined the sun was my protection. After a while, shame disappears. It wasn’t easy, but I felt more and more connected to nature. In order to find my character, I tried to see and experience my surroundings as if for the first time."[4] She further added that she never felt awkward or uncomfortable with intimate scenes with Cvetkovic, because he made her feel at ease.[4] The post-production work was finished in Munich, Germany.[3]