Resnais invests the original meaning of "melodrama" (drama with music) with exceptional beauty and power, cutting and moving his camera with impeccable dramatic logic to give their performances maximum voltage.

s he grew older, Alain Resnais revealed the wistful sentimentalist behind the formalist pathfinder of Hiroshima Mon Amour and Muriel.

Melo is a marvelous film…resulting in the most dynamic of static films. [Full review in Spanish]

A beautifully acted and astutely observed romantic drama.