Mélo is a 1986 French romantic drama film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Fanny Ardant, André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi based on the 1929 play by Henri Bernstein.

Romaine carries on her affair with Marcel, even as Pierre falls ill, which she may have deliberately exacerbated with her treatment in order to murder him.

"[2] Scott Foundas of Variety wrote that Resnais' films involve "seeing just how far he can ostensibly push an audience away by exposing his artistic scaffolding ... all the while stealthily drawing us closer in.

And beginning with 'Melo' in 1986, this ongoing experiment has increasingly drawn on explicitly theatrical aesthetic devices to at once push and pull at the audience’s attentions.

"[3] The film was presented at the Museum of Modern Art on June 21, 2014, with the write-up stating that "Resnais’ symmetrical compositions and extended long takes emphasize the artificiality of the proceedings while liberating their emotional truth.