L'amour, l'après-midi

Sep 1 1972 R 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. 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.

Written by

Éric Rohmer

Directed by

Éric Rohmer

Cast

Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Les Films du Losange

Languages

Français

Awards

1 win

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Average Rating
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