Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young girls. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair ... See full summary »

Director:

Éric Rohmer

Writer:

Éric Rohmer

Stars:

Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Mr. Housseau

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joëlle Miquel	...	Reinette
Jessica Forde	...	Mirabelle
Mr. Housseau	...	Le voisin
Mme. Housseau	...	La voisine
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Le garçon de café
François-Marie Banier	...	1er Passant
Jean-Claude Brisseau	...	2e Passant
Yasmine Haury	...	Kleptomaniac
Gérard Courant	...	L'inspecteur
Béatrice Romand	...	L'inspectrice
Marie Rivière	...	L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
David Rocksavage	...	L'anglais
Jacques Auffray	...	Le tapeur
Haydée Caillot	...	Charitable Lady
Fabrice Luchini	...	Le marchand de tableau

Storyline

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young girls. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair the tube of her bicycle and shows her the beauties of nature and in particular the 'blue hour'. They like each other and decide to take a flat together in Paris, where they'll attend at the University. But isn't so easy to live together when the characters are so different: as Reinette is simple and enthusiastic, as Mirabelle is obscure and lazy.

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Plot Keywords:

waiter | bicycle | urban setting | joy of life | rural setting | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 July 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,051, 24 July 2011

Gross USA:

$22,039

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,039

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Eric Rohmer (CER), Les Films du Losange

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie contains 4 episodes: 1) L'heures bleue; 2) Le garcon de café; 3) Le mendiant, la kleptomane et l'arnaqueuse; 4) La vente du tableau.

User Reviews

Humorous Film

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young women. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair the tube of her bicycle and shows her the beauties of nature and in particular the 'blue hour'.

This is the classic meeting of the "city mouse" and the "country mouse". While the country mouse knows such things as how to cook and fix bicycles, she does not concern herself with such high-minded concepts as "ethnology". In her domain, she is the queen.

But we also see stories here where it pays to be a smart city mouse... through deception and cunning, you can get what you want in ways the innocent, sincere person never can. The interactions with both the waiter and the art dealer are just so good and really make this film a treasure.