Le genou de Claire (1970)

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Writer:

Eric Rohmer (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Jérôme, a 35-year-old diplomat, is struck by teenage girl Claire and harbours an unquenchable desire to touch her knee ...

Plot Keywords:

Knee | Lake | Teenager | Male Female Relationship | Lolita

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins

Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Jerome
Aurora Cornu	...	Aurora, the novelist
Béatrice Romand	...	Laura
Laurence de Monaghan	...	Claire
Michèle Montel	...	Madame Walter
Gérard Falconetti	...	Gilles
Fabrice Luchini	...	Vincent

Also Known As:

Claire's Knee (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Hong Kong:I | Sweden:Btl | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Lac d'Annecy, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France

Company:

Les Films du Losange

Quotes:

Jerome: Every woman has her most vulnerable point. For some, it's the nape of the neck, the waist, the hands. For Claire, in that position, in that light, it was her knee.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in De fem benspænd (2003)

Thursday Night - French Cinema on the National Television

...And thank God it's like that 'cause otherwise i would never have had the opportunity to see this film. And it's really a great film, at least in my opinion.

Thorought four weeks the National TV showed several Rohmer films and i liked this one, along with "Pauline a la plage", the most. It's really a very charming film and so french, which is great because i love french cinema. I really like Rohmer's style too. It gives me a great pleasure to sit back and watch all these intelligent(mostly) and surely beautiful people just talking. It's not that this film doesn't have a plot but it's just less important than the characters and i really like that. If you watch carefully and if you're intelligent enough, you'll get involved in the story and you won't feel bored at all but there's not so many people that are really able to understand films like this one and Rohmer's cinema as a whole.

Nevermind. I'm really glad i saw this movie and as i've already told you, i saw several other Rohmer's too. And it's all because Thursday Night is a French Cinema Night on the National Telvision. I saw also several Truffaut's and Pialat's. Overall the National Television sucks but i really have to thank them for their Thursday Night.