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    The Song of Styrene 1958 POSTER

    The Song of Styrene

    1958

    French

    7.0

    10

    95%

    Action

    Animation

    behind the scenes

    chemical plant

    Documentary

    manufacturing

    promotional film

    short

    short film

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Sacha Vierny Sacha Vierny as L'ouvrier Pierre Dux Pierre Dux as Récitant / Narrator
    Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics.
    Mélo 1986 POSTER

    Mélo

    1986

    French

    7.1

    10

    83%

    63%

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant as Christiane Levesque Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine as Dr. Remy André Dussollier André Dussollier as Marcel Blanc Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma as Romaine Belcroix
    Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are violinists and lifelong friends living in Paris in the 1920s. While Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not, both are happy with their lives. Pierre is happily married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper. However, Marcel meets and falls in love with her, which Marcel little suspects.
    I Love You, I Love You 1968 POSTER

    I Love You, I Love You

    1968

    French

    7.1

    16

    90%

    81%

    Drama

    experiment

    lovesickness

    nouvelle vague

    Sci-Fi

    time machine

    time travel

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Annie Fargue Annie Fargue as Agnès de Smet - la jeune femme qui sait dire non Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson as Bernard Hannecart Olga Georges-Picot Olga Georges-Picot as Catrine Georges Jamin Georges Jamin as Le docteur Delavoix - le chirurgien de la clinique
    Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.
    Life of Riley 2014 POSTER

    Life of Riley

    2014

    French

    6.0

    1

    73%

    42%

    Comedy

    Drama

    Romance

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Hippolyte Girardot Hippolyte Girardot as Colin Michel Vuillermoz Michel Vuillermoz as Jack André Dussollier André Dussollier as Simeon Alba Gaïa Bellugi Alba Gaïa Bellugi as Tilly
    In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.
    All the Memory in the World 1956 POSTER

    All the Memory in the World

    1956

    French

    7.7

    5

    Documentary

    library

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Jacques Dumesnil Jacques Dumesnil as Self - Narrator
    Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous, alien being.
    Life Is a Bed of Roses 1983 POSTER

    Life Is a Bed of Roses

    1983

    French

    6.1

    4

    78%

    44%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Fantasy

    musical

    Musical

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Marie Rivière Marie Rivière as Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant as Livia Cerasquier Geraldine Chaplin Geraldine Chaplin as Nora Winkle Hélène Patarot Hélène Patarot as Thi Lan
    In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.
    My American Uncle 1980 POSTER

    My American Uncle

    1980

    French

    7.6

    11

    Action

    bourgeoisie

    Comedy

    Drama

    psychology

    punishment

    reward

    Romance

    textile company

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Catherine Serre Catherine Serre as La secrétaire de la direction générale Luc Bernard Luc Bernard as L'homme Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu as René Ragueneau Marie Dubois Marie Dubois as Thérèse Ragueneau
    Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
    Love Unto Death 1984 POSTER

    Love Unto Death

    1984

    French

    6.7

    1

    59%

    59%

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant as Judith Martignac Françoise Rigal Françoise Rigal as Juliette Dotax Françoise Morhange Françoise Morhange as Mme Vigne Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant as Voice
    A man is haunted after waking up from his sleep, during which he was pronounced dead by his doctor.
    Private Fears in Public Places 2006 POSTER

    Private Fears in Public Places

    2006

    French

    6.9

    1

    76%

    53%

    Drama

    Romance

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Claude Rich Claude Rich as Arthur Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson as Dan Laura Morante Laura Morante as Nicole Anne Kessler Anne Kessler as Présentatrice émission TV
    In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.
    Hiroshima Mon Amour 1959 POSTER

    Hiroshima Mon Amour

    1959

    French

    7.8

    20

    96%

    89%

    Action

    atomic bomb

    Drama

    france

    lover

    new love

    return

    Romance

    spectacle

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Moira Lister Moira Lister as (Dubbed Emmanuelle Riva) (uncredited) Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva as Elle Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson as German Lover Eiji Okada Eiji Okada as Lui
    The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
    Night and Fog 1956 POSTER

    Night and Fog

    1956

    French

    8.6

    13

    Action

    auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

    destruction of a civilization

    Documentary

    germany

    History

    nazi

    prisoner of war

    War

    world war ii

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet as Narrator Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler as Self Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler as Self Julius Streicher Julius Streicher as Self
    Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
    The War Is Over 1966 POSTER

    The War Is Over

    1966

    French

    7.2

    6

    1960s

    communist infiltrator

    Drama

    franco regime (francoism)

    paris, france

    spain

    terrorist group

    War

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson as André Sarlat Françoise Bertin Françoise Bertin as Carmen Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli as L'inspecteur des douanes / First Customs Inspector Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold as Nadine Sallanches
    Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
    Stavisky 1974 POSTER

    Stavisky

    1974

    French

    6.5

    1

    79%

    58%

    biography

    Biography

    Crime

    Drama

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Michael Lonsdale Michael Lonsdale as Docteur Mézy Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu as Le jeune inventeur Jacques Spiesser Jacques Spiesser as Michel Grandville Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo as Serge Alexandre Stavisky
    Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
    Wild Grass 2009 POSTER

    Wild Grass

    2009

    French

    6.2

    4

    68%

    37%

    Drama

    Romance

    wallet

    whiskey

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric as Bernard de Bordeaux Sara Forestier Sara Forestier as Elodie Nicolas Duvauchelle Nicolas Duvauchelle as Jean-Mi Michel Vuillermoz Michel Vuillermoz as Lucien d'Orange
    Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.
    You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 2012 POSTER

    You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

    2012

    French

    6.5

    85%

    59%

    Comedy

    Drama

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson as Lambert Wilson / Orphée #2 Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric as Mathieu Amalric / M. Henri Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli as Michel Piccoli / Le père Jean-Christophe Folly Jean-Christophe Folly as Monsieur Henri
    From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theater stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun...
    Last Year at Marienbad 1961 POSTER

    Last Year at Marienbad

    1961

    French

    7.6

    24

    93%

    84%

    Action

    amnesia

    card game

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    hotel

    mysterious

    mystery

    Mystery

    Romance

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Delphine Seyrig Delphine Seyrig as A - la femme brune Françoise Bertin Françoise Bertin as Un personnage de l'hôtel Gilles Quéant Gilles Quéant as Un personnage de l'hôtel Giorgio Albertazzi Giorgio Albertazzi as X - l'homme à l'accent italien
    In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
    Muriel 1963 POSTER

    Muriel

    1963

    French

    7.0

    7

    80%

    79%

    Action

    boulogne

    Drama

    french new wave

    mother son relationship

    nouvelle vague

    widow

    Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Director Delphine Seyrig Delphine Seyrig as Hélène Aughain Wanda Kerien Wanda Kerien as La cliente Martine Vatel Martine Vatel as Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do Françoise Bertin Françoise Bertin as Simone
    In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
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