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Last Year at Marienbad
· 1961

Last Year at Marienbad

Alain Resnais
memory and unreliability romantic ambiguity gaslighting psychological manipulation existential uncertainty
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Synopsis

At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever and is convinced that he is simply fabricating the encounter. The more he speaks about their activities the previous year however, the more compelling he becomes. The question remains however – did they meet previously or not?

This Film Influenced

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