This enigmatic narrative, written by Alain Robbe-Grillet and directed by Alain Resnais, was one of the most impactful art-films of the ’60s, setting a tone of sexy, stylish inscrutability that still echoes through the halls of cinephilia to this day.
In it, a nameless woman, played by Delphine Seyrig is haunted by a similarly anonymous man (Giorgio Albertazzi), who insists that the pair shared a rich history together, which she has no memory of. A riddle of a film, in which elegant figures, dressed in the chicest attire of the age (gowns by Coco Chanel) glide like ghosts through an unimaginably opulent European Grand Hotel.
This enigmatic narrative, written by Alain Robbe-Grillet and directed by Alain Resnais, was one of the most impactful art-films of the ’60s, setting a tone of sexy, stylish inscrutability that still echoes through the halls of cinephilia to this day.
In it, a nameless woman, played by Delphine Seyrig is haunted by a similarly anonymous man (Giorgio Albertazzi), who insists that the pair shared a rich history together, which she has no memory of. A riddle of a film, in which elegant figures, dressed in the chicest attire of the age (gowns by Coco Chanel) glide like ghosts through an unimaginably opulent European Grand Hotel.
This enigmatic narrative, written by Alain Robbe-Grillet and directed by Alain Resnais, was one of the most impactful art-films of the ’60s, setting a tone of sexy, stylish inscrutability that still echoes through the halls of cinephilia to this day.
In it, a nameless woman, played by Delphine Seyrig is haunted by a similarly anonymous man (Giorgio Albertazzi), who insists that the pair shared a rich history together, which she has no memory of. A riddle of a film, in which elegant figures, dressed in the chicest attire of the age (gowns by Coco Chanel) glide like ghosts through an unimaginably opulent European Grand Hotel.