Providence

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.

• Alain ResnaisDirector
• Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
• David MercerScreenplay

• Dirk BogardeClaude Langham
• David WarnerKevin Woodford
• Ellen BurstynSonia Langham
• Cyril LuckhamDr. Mark Eddington
• John GielgudClive Langham
• Tanya LopertMiss Lister
• Elaine StritchHelen Wiener
• Denis LawsonDave Woodford
• Kathryn Leigh ScottMiss Boon
• Milo SperberJenner
• Peter ArneNils
• Anna WingKaren