Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
"Les rendez-vous de Paris" (original title)

Three stories of love and coincidence around the theme of dates in Paris.

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Writer:

Eric Rohmer

Stars:

Clara Bellar, Antoine Basler, Mathias Mégard

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clara Bellar	...	Esther
Antoine Basler	...	Horace
Mathias Mégard	...	Le dragueur - Flirt
Judith Chancel	...	Aricie
Malcolm Conrath	...	Félix
Cécile Parès	...	Hermione
Olivier Poujol	...	Le garçon de café - Coffee-shop waiter
Aurore Rauscher	...	Elle - Woman
Serge Renko	...	Lui - Man
Michael Kraft	...	Le peintre - Painter
Bénédicte Loyen	...	La jeune femme - Young Woman
Veronika Johansson	...	La Suédoise - Swedish Girl
Florence Levu	...	Mouffetard - Street Singer
Christian Bassoul	...	Musette - Accordion Player

Storyline

Different stories of young women and men coming together and coming apart in Paris' romantic settings, are organized in four distinct chapters: (1) Le rendez-vous de 7 heures / The 7 p.m. rendezvous; (2) Le lendemain... / The next morning; (3) Les bancs de Paris / The seats of Paris' parcs; (4) Mère et Enfant, 1907 / Mother and Child, 1907.

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Plot Keywords:

love | rendezvous | cafe | tourist | swedish | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

28 June 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rendezvous in Paris

Filming Locations:

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre, Paris 18, Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$36,471 (USA) (9 August 1996)

Gross:

$730,099 (USA) (18 October 1996)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Eric Rohmer (CER), Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Mono)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Rohmer does Paris in three mini vignettes

What is love? and can you explain it. Using three meetings at different locations , Rohmer creates a parable on the intricate and surprising nature of love. The first story about a rendezvous at seven is the best. Insidious in its nature, it plants the seeds of doubt that blossom into the tale of two women and two men, each seeking and expecting divergent results. Filled with coincidences, all three tales are, it presents the surprises we don't see coming.

The second story which is kind of dull or more demanding depending on taste, follows a couple meeting up in many public locations. The female character is afraid to meet in private despite the urgings of her male lover and when she does make the leap, the consequences will forever change the relationship.

The goat of the pack is the final vignette, a story titled after a Picasso painting that features prominently in story. Again the obvious is pushed aside for the unexpected and there is a certain breezy, plush ending to the proceedings that seems to jar with what has become.

A comedy in three parts, there is a chorus group that is interspersed and opens each story. Cherubic in nature, the songs present certain adages on the nature of love and life.

A mixture of his moral tales with his comedies and proverb series, it is the lesser of each but sub-par Rohmer is still superior to most filmmakers. His low frills style of film making which a previous reviewer called cheap tells him how little he knows about the edict of the French New wave, the only die-hard adherent remained Rohmer, his rules, a quantifier closer to the Dogma'95 tradition of cinema. It is cinema of the heart at its finest.