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Last Year at Marienbad

Original title: L'année dernière à Marienbad
  • 19611961
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
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7.7/10
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Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
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In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
IMDb RATING
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23K
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    • Alain Resnais
    • Alain Robbe-Grillet(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Delphine Seyrig
    • Giorgio Albertazzi
    • Sacha Pitoëff
    • Alain Resnais
    • Alain Robbe-Grillet(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Delphine Seyrig
    • Giorgio Albertazzi
    • Sacha Pitoëff
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 146User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
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    Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
    Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

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    Delphine Seyrig
    Delphine Seyrig
    • La femme
    Giorgio Albertazzi
    Giorgio Albertazzi
    • Le narrateur
    Sacha Pitoëff
    Sacha Pitoëff
    • Le mari
    Françoise Bertin
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Luce Garcia-Ville
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Héléna Kornel
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Françoise Spira
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Karin Toeche-Mittler
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    • (as Karin Toche-Mittler)
    Pierre Barbaud
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Wilhelm von Deek
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Jean Lanier
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Gérard Lorin
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Davide Montemurri
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    • (as Davide Montemuri)
    Gilles Quéant
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Gabriel Werner
    • Un personnage de l'hôtel
    Alan Edwards
    • English Introduction
    • (uncredited)
      • Alain Resnais
      • Alain Robbe-Grillet(scenario and dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      The match game in the movie is named as "Nim". In order to win the game there is only one tactic including a system called "Nim Sum". If both players use this tactic perfectly, then the owner of the first move will eventually lose. Due to the same reason, it is always disadvantageous to start the game first.
    • Goofs
      Exterior night scenes were shot day-for-night, but the sky and reflections of it were allowed in the frame, and they appear as bright white instead of black. This may have been intentional to emphasize the surreality of the film.
    • Quotes

      [X wanders through the hotel's corridors cataloging items he sees]

      X: Empty salons. Corridors. Salons. Doors. Doors. Salons. Empty chairs, deep armchairs, thick carpets. Heavy hangings. Stairs, steps. Steps, one after the other. Glass objects, objects still intact, empty glasses. A glass that falls, three, two, one, zero. Glass partition, letters.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia új hullám (1990)

    User reviews146

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    A true science fiction classic
    Human-like aliens on a earth-like planet in a parallel universe. Life forms consist of about 50 or so replicants living in a luxurious hotel. They speak French, wear tuxedos and evening gowns, but their emotions are all but drained. They're very stiff and robotic. No one is seen eating food although they're always making plans for dinner. They enjoy posing, especially in gardens.

    The actual story involves a "rebel" known as X. He is the only one that exudes anything resembling human romantic desire. He takes a shine to a femalien known as A who is in residence with her lover/husband M. X realizes that M doesn't love A, so he feels it's alright to steal her away. All he had to do is convince A that she promised to go away with him a year ago and that she wanted one year to prepare. A doesn't remember the promise and X's efforts to convince her are like trying to unlock a door with a wet noodle. Love finally triumphs in the end as A eventually runs away with X in the night leaving M standing alone on the staircase with a blank expression.

    The director, Alain Resnais, is firmly quoted as saying that the film has no meaning. However, with so many people arguing that the film is loading with symbolism and is indeed much like a game or puzzle to be solved, I interpreted the film in a way that entertains me the most. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

    Hope you like it.
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    • Oct 16, 2002

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    • Release date
      • March 7, 1962 (United States)
      • France
      • Italy
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Cocinor
      • Terra Film
      • Cormoran Films
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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