at the grand old age of 85 and alain resnais return with a wistful and sometimes amusing adaptation of the ayckbourn play and transport english dysfunction and disconnection and desolation to paris . resnais compensates for the limit and staginess of the source by immerse the look of the film in a fire side lustre and tease out provocative visual parallel between the six main character . they could all be shard of the one identity and such do they share the same strain of middle age ( class ) discontent . favourite scene when the snow that bookmarks each scene finally cascade onto the set a charlotte and lionel search soul .