Click Here to Read: Acclaimed French film director Alain Resnais dies aged 91. Arthouse director rode crest of French new wave movement of 1960s and was still making films as he reached by Anne Penketh on the Guardian.com website on March 2, 2014.
Alain Resnais, who has died aged 91, reacts after receiving the lifetime achievement award at the Cannes film festival in 2009. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters