Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus, L'Année Dernière à Marienbad, is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in the intellectual preoccupations .. Read more
| Starring | Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin |
|---|---|
| Director | Alain Resnais |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus, L'Année Dernière à Marienbad, is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in the intellectual preoccupations of man.
The film consists of a series of memories from a man holidaying at an enchanting European hotel. When a woman seems not to recognize him, he reveals that they had spent some time together the year before, and that now he has come for her. However, the presence of another man in the hotel complicates matters...
| Starring | Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville |
|---|---|
| Director | Alain Resnais |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Original title | L'Annee Derniere A Marienbad |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French Blu-ray: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1961 To Rent: DVD: 23 May 2005 Blu-ray: 28 Sep 2009 |
Penned by modernist writer Alain Robbe-Grillet, this is a complex cinematic riddle that broke all the rules of narrative film-making. Are Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi really reuniting a year after their first meeting or was she killed by her jealous husband, Sacha Pitoeff? Do the events take place only in Albertazzi's memory, or is it simply an erotic fantasy on Seyrig's part? The winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival and Oscar-nominated for its screenplay, Alain Resnais's film is a triumph of camera movement, symbolic décor, abstract structure and stylised playing. A veritable masterpiece, but beware, this icon of French New Wave cinema is as likely to irritate as it is to mesmerise.
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Only because I couldnt choose Zero stars
Despite being a reasonably intelligent, open minded film fan, I am very angry that this film exists.
I condemn the film, the director, the actors and... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
Head Shredder, extraordinaire!
I like a challenge and don't need to be spoon-fed a linear narrative, in order to glean some enjoyment, or understanding from a film.
If you'... read more »
Bad, in the old sense
At last, a film that was just too arty for me. No doubt this moral failing can be traced to inadequate potty training or suchlike but this bored me senseless.
Life on a time loop
Several different narrative possibilities tussle for primacy in this film but the real star is the baroque hotel and gardens that are its entire world. Delphine... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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