Soul Mates () is 2023 French drama film directed by André Téchiné from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cédric Anger. Starring Benjamin Voisin and Noémie Merlant, it is about a soldier who returns home after the war in Mali and has PTSD.
A soldier of the French forces engaged in Mali is seriously burned during an explosion. Repatriated to intensive care in France, he has amnesia and begins a long convalescence with his sister in their family home in the Pyrenees.
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.
On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on 27 reviews from French critics.