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Providence
FRANCE · 1977

Providence

Alain Resnais
aging and mortality family dysfunction creative process memory and imagination alcoholism
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Synopsis

On the eve of his 78th birthday, ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.

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