Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

The past is the present and future in Alain Resnais' new time machine.

1968 · 94 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Science Fiction

Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.

Directed by Alain Resnais · Written by Jacques Sternberg

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