Alain Resnais, whose play-within-a-film "Life of Riley" (Aimer, boire et chanter) won a prize for innovation at the Berlin Film Festival last month, died in Paris late Saturday "surrounded by his family," said his producer Jean-Louis Livi.
With a shock of wiry white hair and trademark dark shades, Resnais was a much-loved figure of the French film world and a regular presence at top festivals from Cannes to Berlin.
France's foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, paid tribute to "a very great talent, universally known".
Best known for "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Last Year in Marienbad"
Best known for "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Last Year in Marienbad"
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