Alain Resnais — Director (16)
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
Hiroshima mon amour
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Alain Resnais actor: Emmanuelle Riva / Eiji Okada …
other title: Hiroshima, min elskede / Hiroshima Meu Amor …
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.
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The Song of Styrene (2022) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le chant du Styrène
director: Alain Resnais actor: Pierre Dux / Sacha Vierny
other title: Le chant du Styrène / El canto del estireno
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.
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My American Uncle (1980) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Mon oncle d'Amérique
director: Alain Resnais actor: Gérard Depardieu / Nicole Garcia …
other title: Mio zio d'America / O Meu Tio da América …
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.
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Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour
director: Alain Resnais actor: Delphine Seyrig / Jean-Pierre Kérien …
other title: Muriel, il tempo di un ritorno / Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retour …
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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Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Je t'aime, je t'aime
director: Alain Resnais actor: Claude Rich / Olga Georges-Picot …
other title: Je t'aime, je t'aime - Anatomia di un suicidio / Eu Amo-te, Eu Amo-te …
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 causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.
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Statues Also Die (1953) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Les statues meurent aussi
director: Chris Marker / Alain Resnais … actor: Jean Négroni / François Mitterrand …
other title: Les statues meurent aussi / Las estatuas también mueren …
Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. Beginning with the question of why African works are confined to ethnographic displays while Greek or Egyptian art is celebrated, the film became a landmark of anti-colonial cinema and was banned in France for eight years.
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Stavisky (1974) [Movie] TMDB
Stavisky...
director: Alain Resnais actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / François Périer …
other title: Stavisky, il grande truffatore / 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.
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Mélo (1986) [Movie] TMDB
Mélo
director: Alain Resnais actor: Sabine Azéma / Fanny Ardant …
Pierre, violoniste, invite un de ses amis virtuose, Marcel, à dîner et lui présente sa jeune femme, Romaine. Marcel et Romaine vont s'éprendre passionnément l'un de l'autre.
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Wild Grass (2009) [Movie] TMDB
Les Herbes folles
director: Alain Resnais actor: André Dussollier / Sabine Azéma …
other title: Gli amori folli / As Ervas Daninhas …
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.
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Far from Vietnam (1967) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Loin du Vietnam
director: Jean-Luc Godard / Joris Ivens … actor: Maurice Garrel / Anne Bellec …
other title: Lontano dal Vietnam / Loin du Vietnam …
In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
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Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La vie est un roman
director: Alain Resnais actor: Vittorio Gassman / Ruggero Raimondi …
other title: La vita è un romanzo / A Vida é um Romance …
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.
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The War Is Over (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La guerre est finie
director: Alain Resnais actor: Yves Montand / Ingrid Thulin …
other title: La guerra è finita / A Guerra Acabou …
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.
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Cinétracts (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cinétracts
director: Jean-Luc Godard / Alain Resnais …
En mai 1968, des cinéastes amateurs et professionnels réalisent des films militants, muets, en noir et blanc. Tournés-montés, ces ciné-tracts sont diffusés dans la journée aux activistes.