The Story of Marie and Julien 2003 Middle aged Julien lives alone with his cat He dreams of Marie, and a few minutes later, he sees her on the street and makes a date He asks her to move in with him, and she does Her boyfriend is dead, the rest of her past a mystery Although they quickly seem to fall in love, she sometimes pulls away suddenly from him, is distant, and spends the night in a hotel She also dreads something imminent and warns him that if he missteps, he will lose her and all memory of her He responds by digging into her past what explains her remodeling an upstairs garret room, her nightly dreams, her fears What can he, now desperately in love, do when he learns why Can either rescue the other