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A Movie of Rare Intelligence
On the eve of his 78th birthday, 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.Read moreLess
On the eve of his 78th birthday, 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.
The story
On the eve of his 78th birthday, 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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Dirk BogardeClaude Langham
David WarnerKevin Woodford
Ellen BurstynSonia Langham
Cyril LuckhamDr. Mark Eddington
John GielgudClive Langham
Tanya LopertMiss Lister
Elaine StritchHelen Wiener
Denis LawsonDave Woodford
Kathryn Leigh ScottMiss Boon
Milo SperberJenner
Peter ArneNils
Anna WingKarenExplore the crew
- Director
- Alain Resnais
- Director of Photography
- Ricardo Aronovich
- Editor
- Albert Jurgenson
- Original Music Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Producer
- Klaus Hellwig
- Producer
- Yves Gasser
- Producer
- Yves Peyrot
- Screenplay
- David Mercer