Soul Mates (2023 French film)

 Soul Mates (Les Âmes sœurs) is 2023 French drama film directed by André Téchiné from a screenplay written by Téchiné and Cédric Anger. Starring Benjamin Voisin and Noémie Merlant, it is about a soldier who returns home after the war in Mali and suffers from PTSD.

Plot
A soldier of the French forces engaged in Mali is seriously burned during an explosion. Repatriated to intensive care in France, he suffers from amnesia and begins a long convalescence with his sister in their family home in the Pyrenees.

Production
Filming began in June 2021 in the Ariège department, including Orgeix, Ax-les-Thermes and Orlu. Filming also took place in the Aude department and in Paris. It was also partly shot in Pyrénées-Orientales. Filming resumed at the start of 2022 for scenes at the Bédeilhac cave in Bédeilhac-et-Aynat and at the Prehistoric Park in Tarascon-sur-Ariège.

Cast

 * Benjamin Voisin as David Faber
 * Noémie Merlant as Jeanne
 * Audrey Dana as Rachel
 * André Marcon as Marcel
 * Alexis Loret as Dr. Fanch-Tanguy
 * Sya Rachedi as Nadja
 * Mama Prassinos as the military wife
 * Jean Fornerod as Bruno Vogel
 * Stéphane Bak as Franck Dawaga