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Love in the Afternoon

Name: Love in the Afternoon
Director: Éric Rohmer
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1972
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi, Malvina Penne

Successful Parisian lawyer Frédéric is happily married to schoolteacher Hélène. Though he daydreams of affairs with other women, he doesn't come close to acting on such thoughts until he runs into Chloé, a beautiful old acquaintance. Tempted by the vibrant Chloé, Frédéric is torn between impulsive lust and his love for Hélène.

1972 · Directed by Éric Rohmer · 97 min · Drama · Romance · 12 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Éric Rohmer
Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
Edited by: Cécile Decugis
Music: Arié Dzierlatka
Production design: Nicole Rachline
Produced by: Pierre Cottrell, Barbet Schroeder

Cast

Bernard Verley as Frédéric
Zouzou as Chloé
Françoise Verley as Hélène
Daniel Ceccaldi as Gérard
Malvina Penne as Fabienne
Elisabeth Ferrier as Martine
Tina Michelino as The Passenger
Jean-Louis Livi as The Colleague
Pierre Nunzi as The Salesman
Irène Skobline as The Saleslady

Production

Country: France
Language: French
Studios: Les Films du Losange
Themes: infidelity, marriage crisis, man between two women, womanizer, philosophical, intimate, romantic

More by Éric Rohmer

An Autumn Tale — 1998
A Tale of Winter — 1992
Pauline at the Beach — 1983
Full Moon in Paris — 1984
The Aviator's Wife — 1981
A Tale of Springtime — 1990
Claire's Knee — 1970
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle — 1987
A Summer's Tale — 1996
The Marquise of O — 1976
La Collectionneuse — 1967
My Night at Maud's — 1969
The Green Ray — 1986
Boyfriends and Girlfriends — 1987
The Bakery Girl of Monceau — 1963

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