Returning to the subjects of lapsing time and unreliable memory that had informed all his earlier features, Alain Resnais harnessed that old sci-fi standby, the time machine, to bring an extra dimension to this intriguing study of lost happiness, despair and death.
Unfortunately, as the suicide survivor dispatched to retrace his past, Claude Rich struggles to make an impact amid the fragmentary recollections of his affair with Olga Georges-Picot (pictured above), for whose demise he may be responsible.
There may be a fantastical poetry about the enterprise, but it’s also a searching investigation into the helpless insignificance of human existence.
Claude Ridder
Claude Rich Catrine
Olga Georges-Picot Wiana Lust
Anouk Ferjac Agnès de Smet
Annie Fargue Bernard Hannecart
Bernard Fresson Germaine Coster
Yvette Etiévant Marcelle Hannecart
Irène Tunc Jan Rouffer
Van Doude Dr Haesserts
Dominique Rozan Antoine Kammers
Yves Kerboul Paul Goofers
Ray Verhaege Georges Levino
Pierre Barbaud André Moyëns
Alain McMoy Jacques Rhuys
Vania Viler Dr Delavoix
Georges Jamin Marie-Noire Demoon
Marie-Blanche Vergnes
Director
Alain Resnais
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