A meta-fictional exploration of memory, guilt, and paternal legacy through a dying writer's collapsing imagination.
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.
Alain Resnais
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