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Providence
- Director: Alain Resnais
- Writer: David Mercer
- Producer: Philippe Dussart; Lise Fayolle
CGiii Comment
French intellectual aesthete meets contemporary British playwright.
Resnais' only English film and a marvel.
Gielgud is hysterical and a master of his craft.
Stunning film-making, beautifully camp.
Important in that it clouds the boundaries of sexual fidelity and comfortable monosyllabic viewing.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Clive Langham (Sir John Gielgud) spends one tormenting night in his bed suffering from health problems and thinking up a story based on his relatives. He is a bitter man and he shows, through flashbacks, how spiteful, conniving and treacherous his family is. But is this how they really are or is it his own vindictive slant on things?
Cast & Characters
Dirk Bogarde as Claude Langham;
Ellen Burstyn as Sonia Langham;
John Gielgud as Clive Langham;
David Warner as Kevin Langham / Kevin Woodford;
Elaine Stritch as Helen Wiener;
Cyril Luckham as Doctor Mark Eddington;
Denis Lawson as Dave Woodford;
Kathryn Leigh Scott as Miss Boon;
Milo Sperber as Mr. Jenner;
Anna Wing as Karen;
Peter Arne as Nils;
Tanya Lopert as Miss Lister;
Joseph Pittoors as An Old Man;
Samson Fainsilber as The Old Man