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Claire's Knee

Original title: Le genou de Claire
  • 19701970
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  • 1h 45m
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Jean-Claude Brialy in Le genou de Claire (1970)
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On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls ... Read allOn lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.On lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Aurora Cornu
    • Béatrice Romand
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Aurora Cornu
    • Béatrice Romand
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    • 37User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations

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    Jean-Claude Brialy and Laurence de Monaghan in Le genou de Claire (1970)
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    Jean-Claude Brialy and Béatrice Romand in Le genou de Claire (1970)
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    Béatrice Romand in Le genou de Claire (1970)
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    Jean-Claude Brialy
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Jérômeas Jérôme
    Aurora Cornu
    • Aurora, the novelistas Aurora, the novelist
    Béatrice Romand
    Béatrice Romand
    • Lauraas Laura
    Laurence de Monaghan
    • Claireas Claire
    Michèle Montel
    • Madame Walteras Madame Walter
    Gérard Falconetti
    • Gillesas Gilles
    Fabrice Luchini
    Fabrice Luchini
    • Vincentas Vincent
    Sandra Franchina
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
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    • Trivia
      Without counting a picture frame seen from the distance, the title character's first appearance takes place after 47 minutes into the film.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • Connections
      Edited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)

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    9/10
    LET'S TALK OF A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW
    Well, I came across this movie while reading Roger Ebert's Awake in the dark and thankfully was able to get a chance to get a hold of Éric Rohmer's masterpiece Claire's Knee. I hadn't read Ebert's review (usually I watch a movie before going through the reviews) so was not sure what was I going into - haven't watched any trailer as well so I was not sure what this would be about, but with my experience with foreign movies I was sure it would be good and I guessed by the name that it suggested something like Lolita or many other movies based on such abnormal (sometimes immoral) desires.

    So, when you start with the movie you are somewhat aware where this is going - the expected storyline basis the title- but soon comes to these well-performed characters and while getting engrossed in the discussions between characters on love, choices, life, etc. you get more understanding on the way each of them sees the world - what they desire? what they like? and why they do so? The great part with such discussion was that first, it didn't go into a preachy tone- that x is right and y is not, each of them had their views which they justified by their past or by their behavior - it reminded me of the Before trilogy and, second, while listening to such great lines, one start thinking and contemplating of one's own stand on the topic of love, moral & desires.

    There is a scene where the protagonist talks about a notion where he as a person do not have desires on the beauty aspect of women but because of a character his friends ask him to play, he started thinking like that character, and somewhere knowingly or unknowingly he too as a person starts to have those desires. The beauty of this notion is that this happens to the viewer as well, you don't look at claire's knee or her in that sense- but because the movie tells you that this is important - this is beautiful - and to be desired you look for it in that passionate way. You too, play the character in the movie.
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    • Release date
      • February 21, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Klerino koleno
    • Filming locations
      • Lac d'Annecy, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
    • Production company
      • Les Films du Losange
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,112
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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