Working from a script by the celebrated novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet, Resnais created dazzling surfaces, a hypnotic rhythm of deliberately paced camera movements, and a dense atmosphere of sexual tension centered about Delphine Seyrig, who delivers an extraordinary, otherworldly performance. Set in an opulent chateau/resort hotel with an elaborate geometric garden, the story tracks the encounters of a set of unnamed characters in an atmosphere heavy with memory and imagination of what might have occurred a year ago and what might occur now.