"REVOLUTIONARY!"
— New York Post
February 16 & 21 Chicago, IL GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
"REVOLUTIONARY!"
— New York Post
France, 1961
Director: Alain Resnais
Producer: Pierre Courau, Raymond Froment
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Screenwriter: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
Music: Francis Seyrig
Genre: Drama
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Dyaliscope)
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 93 minutes
Synopsis:
Ominous organ music resounds and the scope camera tracks through the seemingly endless halls of a baroque grand hotel as X (Giorgio Albertazzi) tries to persuade an initially disbelieving A (Delphine Seyrig) that they had met the year before. With dizzying time shifts and flashbacks, Last Year at Marienbad is the ultimate puzzle film.
Awards and Nominations:
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival, 1961)
Best Film (French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1962)
Best Original Screenplay nomination (Academy Awards, 1963)
Best Film nomination (BAFTA Awards, 1963)
Restoration:
4K restoration from the original negative by Studiocanal at Hiventy laboratory, with the support of CNC and Chanel
"One of the strangest artifacts of cinema history...no other film has affected fashion as deeply."
— Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
"A GORGEOUS
PUZZLE BOX OF A MOVIE!"
— Mark Harris, The New York Times
"The movie is what it is - a sustained mood, an empty allegory, a choreographed moment outside of time, and a shocking intimation of perfection."
— J. Hoberman