Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick (1959)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer:

Eric Rohmer (scenario)

Release Date:

6 May 1959 (France)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

Students Veronique and Charlotte meet the same man separately, who makes a date with each of them separately the next evening...

Plot Keywords:

Date | Montmartre | Gender Stereotype | Coca Cola | Sunglasses

Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Patrick
Anne Collette	...	Charlotte
Nicole Berger	...	Véronique

Also Known As:

All the Boys Are Called Patrick (International: English title)

Runtime:

21 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris 6, Paris, France

Company:

Les Films de la Pléiade

Trivia:

This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Une femme est une femme (1961).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wanderlust (2006) (TV)

More Rohmer than Godard

A simple story of two longtime girl friends and room mates who unknown to each other each meet the same young man in a park on the same day. He uses almost the same pick up line with each woman and spends about 40 minutes at a café wooing each of them. Both women are smitten and both agree to meet him for dinner on one of the following evenings. They are surprised when comparing notes that they both met a Patrick, but then the next day are together when by chance they see him use the same moves on another girl near the park. Nice acting by the women, and classic Rohmer attention to details of the heart.