DramaComedy
Providence
"A Movie of Rare Intelligence"
User Score65 votes
68%6.8/10
Release1977→
Runtime1H 50M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.
Principal Cast8
Dirk Bogarde
Claude Langham
David Warner
Kevin Woodford
Ellen Burstyn
Sonia Langham
Cyril Luckham
Dr. Mark Eddington
John Gielgud
Clive Langham
Tanya Lopert
Miss Lister
Elaine Stritch
Helen Wiener
Denis Lawson
Dave Woodford
Media6
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Director
Alain Resnais
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Keywords
husband wife relationshipautopsybirthday partyagingdysfunctional familyalcoholismauthorfather son relationship
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Countries:FranceSwitzerland
Production:Citel FilmsAction FilmsSFPFrance 3