Providence (1977)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Providence |
| Original title | Providence |
| Country of production | France , Switzerland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alain Resnais |
| script | David Mercer |
| production |
Yves Gasser , Jürgen Hellwig , Yves Peyrot |
| music | Miklós Rózsa |
| camera | Ricardo Aronovich |
| cut |
Jean-Pierre Besnard , Albert Jurgenson |
| occupation | |
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Providence is a French feature film in English from 1977. It is the first English-language film by French director Alain Resnais .
action
Clive Langham is a writer and lives in Providence , Rhode Island . Clive is an alcoholic and lives secluded in his house. One night he is working on his new novel. He is writing a story about his own family. The main characters are his two sons Claude and Kevin, as well as Claude's wife Sonia. Tormented by the effects of alcohol, Clive fantasizes a story far removed from reality. The next day is his birthday and his family visits him. He now has to realize that the nocturnal fantasies have nothing to do with real life.
Reviews
“With the film, staged like a complex score, Alain Resnais breaks up the traditional narrative structure again; he asks questions about artistic creativity, age, death, violence and oppression in society, ”wrote the Lexicon of International Films . Cinema's verdict was: "Toxic, multilayered family satire."
Awards
1977 was John Gielgud to the role of Clive Actor Award of the New York Film Critics Circle . A year later, the film was awarded the Prix Méliès of the French Film Critics Association (AFCC) and seven Césars , including the award for the best French film of the year. In Denmark , Providence was awarded the Bodil for best European film of the year in 1978 .
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created by Berliner Synchron based on the dialogue book and directed by Lothar Michael Schmitt .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Langham | John Gielgud | Fritz Tillmann |
| Claude Langham | Dirk Bogarde | Herbert Stass |
| Sonia Langham | Ellen Burstyn | Marianne Lutz |
| Kevin Langham / Kevin Woodford | David Warner | Lutz Mackensy |
| Doctor Mark Eddington | Cyril Luckham | Hans W. Hamacher |
| Dave Woodford | Denis Lawson | Lutz Riedel |
| Miss Boon | Kathryn Leigh Scott | Chris Palm |
| Mr. Jenner | Milo Sparrowhawk | Dietrich Frauboes |
| Nils | Peter Arne | Rolf Marnitz |
Web links
- Providence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Providence at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Providence. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 4, 2018 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ^ Providence. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 4, 2018 .