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Resnais

British  
/ rɛnɛ /

noun

  1. Alain (alɛ̃). born 1922, French film director, whose films include Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961), La Vie est un roman (1983), and On Connaît la Chanson (1998)

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Belmondo's appeal, a mixture of sensitivity, warmth and unselfconscious ease, created a new romanticism that landed him roles in the films of French New Wave directors including Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais and Louis Malle.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

He frequently expressed ambivalence for esoteric directors like Brooks, Alain Resnais and Michelangelo Antonioni.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021

Hiroshima Mon Amour Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada star in this influential 1959 post-war romance directed by Alain Resnais; in French and Japanese with English subtitles; part of the “Unknown Fates” film series.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2019

The artist Jason Simon has brought together three early films from Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais and Chris Marker, dating from 1952 to 1966.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2019

In 1948, Alain Resnais made a documentary, “Van Gogh,” that won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

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