Éric Rohmer — Playwright (24)
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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
Éric Rohmer actor: Andy Gillet / Stéphanie Crayencour …
other title: Gli amori di Astrea e Celadon / Os Amores de Astrea e de Celadon …
In an enchanted forest, back in the time of the Druids, the shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon, who throws himself into a river out of despair. She thinks he's dead, but he's been secretly rescued by some nymphs. Faithful to the promise he made to Astrée to never appear before her again, Céladon must overcome many obstacles to break the curse. Mad with love and despair, coveted by the nymphs, surrounded by rivals, and obliged to disguise himself as a woman to be near the one he loves, will he manage to make himself known without breaking his oath? A romance filled with doubt, hazards, and delicious temptations.
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A Good Marriage (1982)
Le Beau Mariage
Éric Rohmer actor: Béatrice Romand / André Dussollier …
other title: Il bel matrimonio / O Bom Casamento …
Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues Edmond, with the encouragement of Clarisse, but Edmond does not seem very interested.
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Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951)
Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak
Éric Rohmer actor: Jean-Luc Godard / Anna Karina …
other title: Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak / Presentación, o Charlotte y su bistec …
On a snowy day in a Swiss village, Walter introduces Charlotte to Clara, hoping to spark jealousy. Later, at Charlotte’s home, tensions rise as they discuss beauty, attraction, and honesty. Despite initial resistance, emotions take over, leading to an unexpected moment of intimacy before their farewell.
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Six in Paris (1965)
Paris vu par…
Jean-Luc Godard / Claude Chabrol … actor: Barbara Wilkin / Jean-François Chappey …
other title: Parigi di notte / Paris vu par… …
Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) are stories of love, flirtation and prostitution; Place d'Etoile (Rohmer) concerns a haberdasher and his umbrella; and La Muette (Chabrol), a bourgeois family and earplugs.
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Love in the Afternoon (1972)
L'Amour l'après-midi
Éric Rohmer actor: Bernard Verley / Zouzou …
other title: L'amore il pomeriggio / O Amor às Três da Tarde …
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
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Claire's Knee (1970)
Le Genou de Claire
Éric Rohmer actor: Jean-Claude Brialy / Aurora Cornu …
other title: Il ginocchio di Claire / O Joelho de Claire …
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, career diplomat Jérôme visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her, he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, Jérôme's fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
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A Tale of Winter (1992)
Conte d'hiver
★ 9.0 5 ratings
Éric Rohmer actor: Charlotte Véry / Frédéric van den Driessche …
other title: Racconto d'inverno / Wintermärchen …
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.
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A Tale of Autumn (1998)
Conte d'automne
★ 9.3 7 ratings
Éric Rohmer actor: Marie Rivière / Béatrice Romand …
other title: Racconto d'autunno / Herbstgeschichte …
Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
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The Aviator's Wife (1981)
La Femme de l'aviateur
Éric Rohmer actor: Philippe Marlaud / Marie Rivière …
other title: La moglie dell'aviatore / A Mulher do Aviador …
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
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A Summer's Tale (1996)
Conte d'été
★ 7.8 6 ratings
Éric Rohmer actor: Melvil Poupaud / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Un ragazzo, tre ragazze - Racconto d'estate / Sommer …
Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends—and flirts heavily with—two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.
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Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle
★ 8.4 13 ratings
Éric Rohmer actor: Joëlle Miquel / Jessica Forde …
other title: Reinette e mirabelle / Vier Abenteuer von Reinette und Mirabelle …
Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to the world of these two friends.
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La coleccionista (1967)
La Collectionneuse
★ 7.1 7 ratings
Éric Rohmer actor: Patrick Bauchau / Haydée Politoff …
other title: La collezionista / Die Sammlerin …
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.