Abstract

After having clarified the concepts of cinematographic figure and specular identification, the essay investigates scene 11 of the film L’Année dernière à Marienbad by Alain Resnais, a scene of specular identification where the protagonist is mirrored several times and through several mirrors, but she does not look at herself. This scene has the characteristic of having different degrees of transgression of the film syntax, causing a disorientation not only in the character but also in the viewer. The spectator identifies with an absent object, an elusive and uncatchable object that evokes Lacan’s small object a.