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Synopsis
On the eve of his 78th birthday, ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.
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France · French New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
aging and mortality · family dysfunction · creative process · memory and imagination · alcoholism
