Providence

1977 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 3,609 VOTES · DIR. Alain Resnais

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Overview

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,279 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:37 Damn, damn, damn!
00:07:55 Well as in the eyes of the law it was plain homicide.
00:10:54 Sonia!
00:13:25 Oh, for Christ's sake Mark, really!
00:17:18 And furthermore father since there is no point in telephoning you
00:20:28 On his account...
00:24:36 Right away.
00:32:17 and the length of time taken to die.
00:35:24 Some of us, fuckface, wonder why Graham Greene hasn't got the Nobel Prize either.
00:38:11 Petite truffles.
00:43:35 On the question of subatomic particles, gentlemen...
00:46:50 Oh yes she has...
00:50:31 In the end I shall call for morphine.
00:54:14 Yes, Mr. Langham.
00:57:19 must be nothing short of heroic.
01:01:11 Maybe I should just take you out and thrash you.
01:04:57 And what is it to you after all Miss Lister?
01:08:36 Suicide...
01:13:35 Claude.
01:18:35 I'm her witness.
01:24:07 Ah, Claude dear boy always so maladroit when it comes to presents.
01:26:55 It must be fifteen years ago.
01:30:36 What is law, whose fucking law?
01:36:02 No father, no...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,279
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:03:37
Final line01:36:02

Production Record

DirectorAlain Resnais
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,609