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06/24/06
Providence (1976)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 8 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Synopsis: Director Alain Rensais employs his poetic, lyrical and allusive style to illustrate the life of a confused, angry and alcoholic clan. An aging writer pens his last book, which mingles actual events of his life with imagined ideas about his dysfunctional family. However, reality keeps... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Alain Resnais
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05/24/03
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Misunderstood and underrated when it came out, Resnais first English-speaking film is a provocative meditation on time and memory, fiction and reality (his dominant themes) in the life of a dying novelist, astoundly played by John Gielgud.
07/02/08
A superb instance of inventive filmmaking with a comic touch and an intellectual theme.
08/29/06
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Though it may be irritating after one single viewing, after many, Providence strangely becomes moving and profound.
01/01/00
The superb performances and Miklos Rozsa's sumptuous Hollywood-style score give the film's conceit a moving monumentality and depth, and Resnais' insights into the fiction-making process are mesmerizing and beautiful.
01/01/00
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