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Love in the Afternoon

Original title: L'amour, l'après-midi
  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
8.2K
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Bernard Verley and Zouzou in Love in the Afternoon (1972)
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  • Comedy
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  • Romance
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Bernard Verley
    • Zouzou
    • Françoise Verley
Top credits
  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Bernard Verley
    • Zouzou
    • Françoise Verley
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    • 31User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

    Videos1

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 3:54
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    Photos74

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    Bernard Verley
    Bernard Verley
    • Frédéricas Frédéric
    Zouzou
    Zouzou
    • Chloéas Chloé
    Françoise Verley
    • Hélèneas Hélène
    Daniel Ceccaldi
    Daniel Ceccaldi
    • Gérardas Gérard
    Malvina Penne
    • Fabienneas Fabienne
    Elisabeth Ferrier
    • Martineas Martine
    • (as Babette Ferrier)
    Tina Michelino
    • The Passengeras The Passenger
    Jean-Louis Livi
    • The Colleagueas The Colleague
    Pierre Nunzi
    • The Salesmanas The Salesman
    Irène Skobline
    • The Salesladyas The Saleslady
    Frédérique Hender
    • Mme. M.as Mme. M.
    Claude-Jean Philippe
    • Mr. M.as Mr. M.
    Silvia Badescu
    Silvia Badescu
    • The Female Studentas The Female Student
    Claude Bertrand
    • The Male Studentas The Male Student
    Sylvaine Charlet
    • The Landladyas The Landlady
    Daniele Malat
    • The Customeras The Customer
    Suze Randall
    • The Au Pairas The Au Pair
    Françoise Fabian
    Françoise Fabian
    • Dream Sequenceas Dream Sequence
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer
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    • Trivia
      This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #348.
    • Goofs
      At approximately 1:16 in the film, Chloe opens the store door wearing red shoes matching her dress. In the following scene, she walks down a staircase wearing black shoes which match her stockings.
    • Quotes

      Frédéric: [voice over] That's why I love the city. People come into view, then vanish. You don't see them grow old. What makes the streets of Paris so fascinating is the constant yet fleeting presence of women whom I'm almost certain never to see again. It's enough that they're there, indifferent, conscious of their charm, happy to test its affect on me, as I test mine on them, by tacit agreement, without even the subtlest smile or glance. I feel their seductive power without giving in to it. This doesn't estrange me from Hélène. Far from it. I tell myself these passing beauties are simply an extension of my wife's beauty. They enrich her beauty and receive some of hers in return. She's the guarantee of the world's beauty and vice versa. When I embrace Hélène, I embrace all women.

    • Connections
      Follows The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

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    9/10
    Compelling and Well Written
    "Chloe in the Afternoon" is the sixth and final work in Eric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" film series. While the film's story is quite simple (a married, bourgeois man encounters a woman named Chloe who he hasn't seen in years, and begins to have some sort of a love affair with her), the film's characters are not!

    All of the "Six Moral Tales" provide the viewer with a cast of excellent and memorable characters. Even if these characters aren't always the most likable (just look at the film "La collectionneuse"), they are always very interesting to watch. I believe that the characters in "Chloe in the Afternoon" may be the greatest characters in the "Six Moral Tales" series. Especially the character of Chloe, a very smart and likable character who offers a lot of the film's greatest and most interesting dialogue (great dialogue is another feature that is all over this film series).

    Another thing that I found highly impressive about the way her character was written was how she is given a clear back story, but, instead of her back story being forcefully told to the audience in detail all at once it is simply glanced over. It is perhaps the least forced back story given to a character in any other film that I've seen.

    The film also turns out to be the most emotional of the "Six Moral Tales", with a truly compelling ending sequence. You can tell that director Eric Rohmer's films really began to mature since the earliest of the "Moral Tales", the 1962 short film "The Bakery Girl of Monceau".

    While it isn't the best of the "Six Moral Tales", and it was kind of slow at times, it is a perfectly fitting ending to one of the greatest of all film series!
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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1972 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chloe in the Afternoon
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production company
      • Les Films du Losange
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,520
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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