Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies
Themes: Starting Over, Time Travel
Main Cast: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Annie Fargue
Release Year: 1967
Country: FR/ES
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
In this provocative sci-fi drama from Alain Resnais, a man wakes up in a hospital after an attempted suicide. He has invented a time machine that has proven effective, but only transports the subject back in time for one minute. Upon his release, he gets his hands on the machine to go back to a time he fondly remembers spending with a woman he apparently has feelings about. The two stroll on the beach before she leaves for Scotland. He follows her, but tragedy ensues and it is not clear if he has killed her or if she died an accidental death. The time-machine angle of the film features a dreamlike series of flashbacks making it unclear if the action is presently unfolding or is merely a vague memory from the past. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Bernard Fresson - Bernard; Marie-Blanche Vergne - Young Woman; Yvette Etievant - Germaine; Georges Jamin - Delavoix; Pierre Barbaud; Van Doude - Jan Rouffer; Claire Duhamel; Yves Kerboul; Ian MacGregor; Alain MacMoy; Carla Marlier; Jean Martin; Catherine Robbe-Grillet; Dominique Rozan - Dr. Haesserts; Irène Tunc - Marcelle Hannecart; Ray Verhaege; Vania Vilers; Alain Robbe-Grillet; Jorge Semprun; Jean-Claude Romer; Jacques Doniol-Valcroze; Francis Lacassin; Sylvain Dhomme; Alan Adair; Gerard Lorin; Jean Michaud
Credit
Jacques Dugied - Art Director, Auguste Pace - Art Director, Alain Resnais - Director, Albert Jurgenson - Editor, Colette Lelou - Editor, Colette Leloup - Editor, Jean Dandeny - Composer (Music Score), Jean-Claude Pelletier - Composer (Music Score), Jean Boffety - Cinematographer, Mag Bodard - Producer, Alain Resnais - Screenwriter, Jacques Sternberg - Screenwriter, Krzysztof Penderecki - Featured Music
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