eet by chance in Vienna 12 years after the war’s end. Think of it as the anti-Casablanca. in 1957, Max is the eponymous hotel employee, ashamed of appearing in daylight, and Lucia is the decorous wife ...

“The exploration was very important,” says Rampling, 76. “I wanted to go into the darkness a lot. I didn’t necessarily want to be entertaining as a film artist; I wanted to explore the human psyche.” ...