Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)

After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.

Director:

Alain Resnais

Writer:

Jacques Sternberg

Stars:

Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claude Rich	...	Claude Ridder
Olga Georges-Picot	...	Catrine
Anouk Ferjac	...	Wiana Lust
Alain MacMoy	...	Le technicien qui vient chercher Ridder
Vania Vilers	...	Le technicien-chauffeur
Ray Verhaeghe	...	Le technicien aux souris
Van Doude	...	Jan Rouffer, le chef du centre de recherches de Crespel
Yves Kerboul	...	Le technicien au tableau noir
Dominique Rozan	...	Le médecin de Crespel / Doctor Haesserts
Annie Bertin	...	La jeune femme à la trompette
Jean Michaud	...	Le directeur de la maison de diffusion
Claire Duhamel	...	Jane Swolfs
Bernard Fresson	...	Bernard Hannecart
Sylvain Dhomme	...	L'homme qui invite Ridder à dîner
Irène Tunc	...	Marcelle Hannecart

Storyline

Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | claim in title | nonlinear timeline | man and woman in bed | sexuality | 

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Taglines:

The past is the present and future in Alain Resnais' new time machine.

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French Dutch English

Release Date:

24 April 1968 (France)

Also Known As:

Te amo, te amo

Filming Locations:

Avenue Jules Malou, Etterbeek, Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,250, 21 February 2014, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$71,717, 31 December 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions Fox Europa,Parc Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Claude Ridder: Catherine. Catherine... I love you. Do you hear me? I love you. It was the only reason. Long before you die. And now I'm dead. I'm cold. I hear my words. It's the drug... How likely I'll survive? Oh yeah, 100% if I were a rat. Then I'm a rat, because I'm alive. Now see... anyway still have to wait four minutes. And the rat? Where is the rat?

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Soundtracks

Misterioso
by Thelonious Monk

User Reviews

neglected Resnais masterpiece

After the political theme of "La guerre est finie",Resnais returns to his familiar subject,time,in all its complexity in this film which is almost as opaque as "Marienbad" or as unsettling as "Muriel".Ridder {Claude Rich,an actor whom Resnais used many times over the years}is a publisher whose girlfriend is accidentally killed and who feels in some way responsible for her death.After listening to a recording by Thelonius Monk,he unsuccessfully attempts suicide after which he has a lengthy recuperation in a hospital .When he leaves,two doctors who have a constructed a time machine ask if he would like to participate in their experiments. Having nothing to lose,he readily agrees and enters the bizarre contraption along with a white mouse,although unlike the fly in Cronenberg's film there is thankfully no genetic mutation involved. He does not travel forward in time,however,but back ,precisely one year to a beach in Brittany.The experiment is supposed to last for a minute but something goes wrong and he is trapped in the machine.Now he experiences a host of memories brought sharply back to life,some important,others banal,in a kaleidoscope of sharply edited images which brings to mind the montages of "Muriel".The theme is reminiscent of many films from "La Jetée" to "The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" and this rarely seen film is definitely one of the most important of Resnais' career.