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The Souvenir Shop

The Souvenir Shop

19851h 20m

Overview

In a small Normandy village overlooking the English Channel, an elderly shopkeeper runs the enigmatic “Shop That Sells Memories,” offering customers tiny floating bubbles that reveal their deepest past experiences. When a troubled young glassblower named Tom returns after years abroad, he and his long‑lost love Marie rediscover each other through the shop’s magic, ultimately reuniting and prompting the shop to vanish forever.

Directed by Akio Kondo
Written by Shintaro Tsuji, Yoshio Shirasaka
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Philippe Caroit

Philippe Caroit

Tom

Ingrid Held

Ingrid Held

Marie

Jean Franval

Jean Franval

Joseph

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Patricia Toussaint

Lillian

Richard Clayderman

Richard Clayderman

Pianist

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About The Souvenir Shop

The Souvenir Shop is a fantasy, drama film released in 1985. Directed by Akio Kondo, it stars Philippe Caroit, Ingrid Held, Jean Franval. In a small Normandy village overlooking the English Channel, an elderly shopkeeper runs the enigmatic “Shop That Sells Memories,” offering customers tiny floating bubbles that reveal their deepest past experiences. When a troubled young glassblower named Tom returns after years abroad, he and his long‑lost love Marie rediscover each other through the shop’s magic, ultimately reuniting and prompting the shop to vanish forever.

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