Last Year at Marienbad

Streaming video - 1961

This French New-Wave classic features stunning imagery, while deliberately avoiding conventional plot and character development. In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man attempts to persuade a similarly unnamed married woman that they have not only met before, but that they were also romantically involved and had planned to elope together. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards** and Nominated for the Best Film at the **BAFTA Awards.** Winner of the Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival.** *"Remains one of cinema's glorious enigmas, endlessly compelling and intriguing." - Kevin Thomas, **The Los Angeles Times*** *"For all its notoriety, this masterpiece among masterpieces has never really r...eceived its due." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, **Chicago Reader*** more