L' Amour l'Après-Midi (Chloe in the Afternoon) (Love in the Afternoon) (1972)
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Eric Rohmer ends his cycle of Six Moral Tales with this delightful film starring Bernard Verley as Frédéric, a happily married man who discovers that he can't stop looking at beautiful women. As he says in a voice-over, "I feel marriage closes me in, cloisters me, and I want to… More Eric Rohmer ends his cycle of Six Moral Tales with this delightful film starring Bernard Verley as Frédéric, a happily married man who discovers that he can't stop looking at beautiful women. As he says in a voice-over, "I feel marriage closes me in, cloisters me, and I want to escape." His escape comes to him in the form of Chloé (Zouzou), a woman from his past. Chloé had left for America as a successful model but has now returned to Paris, bored with her life and saddled with a man she doesn't love. Although Frédéric is reluctant to see her at first, they agree to meet in the afternoons -- just to talk. He feels a freedom with her that he doesn't experience with anyone else because they have, he thinks, no commitments to each other. So, they talk of their problems and their relationships and, before long, Frédéric finds that he is becoming increasingly attracted to her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eric Rohmer
- Written By
- Eric Rohmer
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1972 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
A wonderfully cool and lucid exposition of the twists and turns of its hero's thoughts.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What makes Rohmer's films so sparkling and intelligent is the way in which he watches his characters. Nothing escapes him, and he uses the angle of a glance, the tilt of a head, the precise set of a mouth, in order to create wonderfully complex characters
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Just because Mr. Rohmer keeps his focus short, clear and precise, one sees deeply into the lives of his characters without the sort of pretentious distortions of most movies that deal in metapsors.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
In the couple's eventual rapprochement, Rohmer argues persuasively for a love illuminated by reason, a sexuality enhanced by self-awareness.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Though the film is talky and boring, its moral ethic lesson is compelling even if the hero isn't.
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Cast
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Bernard Verley
as Frederic
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Zouzou
as Chloe
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Françoise Verley
as Helene
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Daniel Ceccaldi
as Gerard
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Malvina Penne
as Fabienne
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Babette Ferrier
as Martine
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Marie-Christine Barrault
as Dream Sequence
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Aurora Cornu
as Dream Sequence
- Laurence de Monaghan
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Francoise Fabian
as Dream Sequence
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Frederique Hender
as Mme. M.
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Suze Randall
as The Nurse
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Béatrice Romand
as Dream Sequence
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Jean-Louis Livi
as The Comrade
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Haydee Politoff
as Dream Sequence
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Irene Skobline
as The Saleslady
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Sylvaine Charlet
as The Landlady
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Claude Bertrand
as The Male Student
