Alain Resnais Films

Rice Cinema - The Rice Media Center Rice University Houston, TX 77251

Muriel

Mar. 12 7:00 PM

Resnais' masterpiece. Delphine Seyrig plays a Boulogne antique dealer whose memories are awakened by the arrival of a former lover with his young "niece" in tow; meanwhile, her stepson, who recently returned from the Army, struggles with his memories of an Algerian girl who was tortured to death.

Sponsored by the French Consulate, Houston

Same old song

Mar. 13 7:00 PM

The biggest popular hit of Resnais' long career, this sparkling romantic comedy is dedicated to Dennis Potter. The film borrows the PENNIES FROM HEAVEN device of characters lip-synching to old pop songs, but in a more fluid, fragmentary way that follows the contours of subjectivity a la Resnais.

MELO

Mar. 14 7:00 PM

Resnais adapts a 1920 French melodrama, replete with betrayal, mental instability, marital espionage, suicide and even attempted murder.