Alain Resnais’ final film is a delightful, stylised feature adapted from the Alan Ayckbourn play of the same name. Set in Yorkshire and performed in French, Life of Riley is a sparkling comedy about middle-class infidelity amongst a close group of amateur dramatic enthusiasts as they prepare for a production. The friends are devastated when one of their number is diagnosed with cancer and rally around him, each vying for his attentions and at the same time bringing old injuries to the fore.
Life of Riley
Directed by Alain Resnais