Providence
A Movie of Rare Intelligence
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.
Directed by Alain Resnais · Written by David Mercer
Starring Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn, Cyril Luckham, John Gielgud, Tanya Lopert