# Providence (1977)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy
**Directed by**: Alain Resnais
**Written by**: David Mercer
**Starring**: Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn, Cyril Luckham, John Gielgud, Tanya Lopert

> *A Movie of Rare Intelligence*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A dying man’s birthday eve becomes a one-man workshop of grudges, where family portraits warp under vodka and fancy. Clive repaints his relatives like living marionettes, mixing grudges with birthday cake. By sunrise, the manuscript writes itself, messy and merciless.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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