French Directors - Eric Rohmer

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French Directors - Eric Rohmer

Eric Rohmer: Six Moral Tales The Bakery Girl of Monceau / Suzanne's Career / My Night at Maud's / La Collectionneuse / Claire's Knee / Love in the Afternoon and a number of shorts Eric Rohmer Made between 1962 and 1972, this elegant cycle of tales by French New Wave veteran Eric Rohmer portrays individuals in the throes of temptation. Called "the late twentieth century's most literate tales of love" by Molly Haskell, the loosely related series begins with The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1962, 23 mins.), a winning short about a law student (Barbet Schroeder) who consumes pastries in an effort to get the attention of a girl at a bakery counter. Shot in 16mm black-and-white, Suzanne's Career (1963, 55 mins.) explores the complications inherent in balancing friendship and romance. Philippe Beuzen and Christian Charriere star as rivals for the affection of a headstrong woman (Catherine See). My Night at Maud's (1969, 111 mins.) tells the story of a devout Catholic (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who finds his ethical standards challenged by infatuations with an attractive divorcee and a pious beauty. In La Collectionneuse (1966, 87 mins.), a vacationer in St. Tropez is unnerved by the sybaritic presence of a fellow guest who's staying at the same pension. With Patrick Bauchau and Haydee Politoff. Claire's Knee (1970, 106 mins.) is a vibrant comedy which focuses on the temptations of a diplomat (Jean-Claude Brialy) who nurses a crush on a sixteen-year-old beauty (Laurence De Monaghan). Finally, Love in the Afternoon (1972, 98 mins.) tells of a married business executive (Bernard Verley) who's tempted by a seductive ex-flame (Zouzou). 6-DVD Criterion Collection Edition. Includes short films by Rohmer: Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951), Veronique and Her Dunce (1958), Nadja in Paris (1964), A Modern Coed (1966), The Curve (1999), video conversation between Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder, "On Pascal" 1965 episode of En profil dans le texte directed by Rohmer, archival footage of Rohmer with cast and crew, video afterword by filmmaker Neil LaBute, trailers, original stories by Rohmer, "For a Talking Cinema" essay by Rohmer, excerpts from Nestor Almendros's autobiography, and new essays by Geoff Andrew, Ginette Vincendeau, Phillip Lopate, Kent Jones, Molly Haskell, and Armond White. In French with English subtitles. France, 1962-1972, 480 mins. DVD $129.95

Chloe in the Afternoon Eric Rohmer In Chloe in the Afternoon, the last of Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales series, Frederic (Bernard Verley) is a married man who fantasizes about the women he sees on the street. When he runs into Bohemian Chloe (Zouzou), an old friend, during his afternoon lunch, he discovers that he may be too squeamish to actually cheat on his wife. "A formal, elegant examination of someone puzzled by marital fidelity, Chloe in the Afternoon is a wonderfully cool and lucid expression of the twists and turns of its hero's thoughts." French with English subtitles. France, 1972, 97 mins. DVD $37.95

Claire's Knee Eric Rohmer Eric Rohmer's most popular work, a vibrant, luscious comedy which focuses on the temptations of a diplomat who visits his childhood home just before he is married to a woman with whom he has lived for six years. Charming and sunny sex comedy. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Lawrence De Monaghan. French with English subtitles. France, 1970, 105 mins. DVD $37.95

La Collectionneuse Eric Rohmer This is the third in a series of six films from "The Moral Tales," a group of films by the consummate master of comic French drama. A handsome man onvacation in St. Tropez is unnerved by the sybaritic presence of a fellow guest who is staying at the same pension. He confronts her erotic threat by a renewed commitment to moral turpitude. French with English subtitles. France, 1966, 88 mins. DVD $44.95

My Night at Maud's Eric Rohmer The third in Rohmer's series of moral tales, the story of Jean-Louis, a devout Catholic who, arriving to start a new job at Clermont-Ferrand, meets an attractive and intelligent divorcee. The next day, Jean-Louis meets a young Catholic woman to whom he is immediately attracted, but when he makes advances to her they are rejected. French with English subtitles. France, 1969, 110 mins. DVD $37.95

Pauline at the Beach Eric Rohmer Another treat from one of French cinema's most subtle and greatest artists. Rohmer explores the complicated romantic and sexual entanglements of six people on summer holiday. The coincidences, misunderstandings and passionate antics of the adults are observed by teenage Pauline and her first boyfriend. A "bewitchingly funny yet profoundly wise comedy" (Vogue). DVD is letterboxed; includes optional French and Spanish subtitles, original theatrical trailer. In French with English subtitles. France, 1983, 94 mins. DVD $37.95

A Tale of Springtime Eric Rohmer Eric Rohmer initiates a new cycle, Tales of the Four Seasons, with this film about the romantic entanglements between Jeanne, a beautiful philosophy teacher, and Natacha, a younger woman who invites Jeanne to stay at her father's apartment. Natacha tries to manipulate an affair between Jeanne and her father, to get rid of her father's young lover, whom she despises. With Anne Teyssedre, Hugues Quester and Florence Darel. The DVD is letterboxed and includes optional French and Spanish subtitles. French with English subtitles. France, 1989, 107 mins. DVD $37.95

Triple Agent Eric Rohmer Legendary French director Eric Rohmer adds a studied gaze to the spy game with an international political thriller set against a Europe torn by strife in the 1930s. A Russian living in Paris with his Greek wife is neck-deep in the espionage trade. The Nazis, the Communists, and the Russian anti-Communists all have a stake in the young spy, but no one can determine where his allegiances lie. In French with English subtitles. France, 2004, 110 mins. DVD $44.95