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9 February 1977 (France) morePlot:
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... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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11 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A blazing masterpiece moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Dirk Bogarde | ... | Claude Langham |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Sonia Langham |
 | John Gielgud | ... | Clive Langham |
 | David Warner | ... | Kevin Langham / Kevin Woodford |
 | Elaine Stritch | ... | Helen Wiener |
| Cyril Luckham | ... | Doctor Mark Eddington |
| Denis Lawson | ... | Dave Woodford (as Dennis Lawson) |
| Kathryn Leigh Scott | ... | Miss Boon |
| Milo Sperber | ... | Mr. Jenner |
| Anna Wing | ... | Karen |
| Peter Arne | ... | Nils |
| Tanya Lopert | ... | Miss Lister |
| Joseph Pittoors | ... | An Old Man |
| Samson Fainsilber | ... | The Old Man |
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Kevin Woodford: Are you the lady who's dying?Helen Wiener: [drily] Yes, I'm the lady who's dying.
Claude Langham: Refreshingly direct, isn't he? I understand that his mind is in outer space most of the time, so that when it returns it has a cosmic scale of values.
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Don't be put off by what people (including lovers of the film) say about its initially being confusing. Even the first time through, it is madly enjoyable second by second, and it needn't take long to figure out what is going on. In fact, once you know that we are into a dying man's dreams/fantasies/wishes regarding his own family, you have all you need to make sense of virtually everything straight off. By the end, everything has locked into place in a most satisfying way. The contrast between the man's dreams about his family and what you see when they appear in person near the end is one of the most delicious things in the whole of art.