Category: Rohmerathon

I hadn’t intended to take such a long break in this series, but as the next film up – The Marquise of O (1976) – left me thoroughly befuddled, I had hoped the following film – Perceval le Gallois (1978) – might...

My Night at Maud’s, released in 1969 in France and 1970 in America, was Eric Rohmer’s true crossover hit. Not only his first film to be released in this country, it achieved such success in the art houses that it...

From the very first frames, we’re in uncharted territory for Rohmer. In full color, a young bikini-clad girl walks along a beach. The sun is shining, the waves lap upon the shore. There is no voiceover, and the sounds –...

As with The Bakery Girl of Monceau, the 54-minute Suzanne’s Career finds a young man who has committed himself to one woman suddenly involved and obsessed with another. Bertrand (Philippe Beuzen) is a rather shy sort of fellow, having not...