Verb + de someone or something

se rappeler

no preposition

The constructions

no prepositionse rappeler quelque chose

Meaning : the correct construction

Je me rappelle son visage.

Do not writeJe me rappelle de son visage.

no prepositionse rappeler + infinitif passé

Meaning : before an infinitive, directly

Elle se rappelle avoir vu ce film.

Why

Se rappeler is direct: se rappeler quelque chose, se le rappeler. « Se rappeler de » is very widespread in speech, by contamination from se souvenir de, but remains a mistake in writing and in the exam. It sits here, next to se souvenir de, because that is where people look for it.

Verb + de someone or something