If you loved Last Year at Marienbad, try Same Old Song

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Same Old Song has roughly 3.5× fewer votes than Last Year at Marienbad — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Last Year at Marienbad

1961 · dir. Alain Resnais

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Same Old Song

1997 · dir. Alain Resnais

What they share

Both films are directed by Alain Resnais, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Last Year at Marienbad, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Same Old Song is

Observing the merry ballet of apartment hunting in Paris, Alain Resnais conducts an elegant pas de deux between desire and displacement. Camille’s thesis on history serves Simon just as well as it does Marc, both men following her through the city’s corridors, while Nicolas and Odile share the same staircase in pursuit of space. Some plot threads snap under the weight of their own charm before they’re fully tied.

If you loved Last Year at Marienbad, try Same Old Song

Last Year at Marienbad

Same Old Song

What they share

What Same Old Song is

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