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| Jean-Claude Brialy | ... | Jerome | |
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Aurora Cornu | ... | Aurora, the novelist |
| Béatrice Romand | ... | Laura | |
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Laurence de Monaghan | ... | Claire |
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Michèle Montel | ... | Madame Walter |
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Gérard Falconetti | ... | Gilles |
| Fabrice Luchini | ... | Vincent | |
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In this talky lighthearted slow-paced melodrama, Jerome, a cultural attache, spends his last summer holidays as a bachelor at Lake Annecy where he meets Aurora, an Italian writer and old friend. She talks him into a flirt with his landlady's teenage daughter, Laura, which he indulges in until he meets and falls for Laura's blonde half-sister Claire and develops a desire to caress her knee. Jerome eventually dares to try his luck with Claire, only to realize that, unlike with Laura, his affections this time are mostly one-sided. Written by Otto Oberhauser <Oberhauser@cc.univie.ac.at>
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
21 February 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Claire's Knee See more »Filming Locations:
Lac d'Annecy, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, FranceCompany Credits
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Jerome: Excuse me, but I remember very well. You had bouffant hair and a blue bicycle.
Madame Walter: I wore my hair straight and had a black bicycle. You're thinking of Bernadette Piccard.
Jerome: Ah, right, I didn't look at the older girls. They scared me.
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Without counting a picture frame seen from the distance, the title character's first appearance takes place after 47 minutes into the film. See more »Goofs
Near the end of the movie, Jerôme and Claire Annecy are going by boat to Annecy but have to seek refuge under a shelter because of a storm. During their conversation, the irregular flow of the watering device used to create the big rain can be clearly heard. See more »Quotes
Madame Walter: I was 15. I despised young boys. Besides, you never paid attention to me.Jerome: Excuse me, but I remember very well. You had bouffant hair and a blue bicycle.
Madame Walter: I wore my hair straight and had a black bicycle. You're thinking of Bernadette Piccard.
Jerome: Ah, right, I didn't look at the older girls. They scared me.
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This film, overall, was about as exciting as the title. Then again, if you enjoy a bunch of hedonistic Frenchmen sitting around talking, talking and more talking, all espousing Liberal philosophies....you'll love it!
The group includes a bearded dude, his wife and friends, and a guy who has the hots for a 14-year-old girl, "Clarie."
I'm not kidding. Go ahead, spend a few bucks, rent this film and you'll see what I mean. This is about as boring a movie as you will ever find. Literally, staring at someone's knee for 105 minutes is about as interesting as listening to this drivel labeled "dialog."