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Bookmark this pageLove in the Afternoon (1972)
Director: Eric Rohmer
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From Time Out Film Guide
The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales sees its hero married - in contrast to the protagonists of the earlier films, who were merely contemplating marriage - and resisting the temptation of an affair, almost out of perversity. Equally, the film is a homage to the late afternoon - seen by Rohmer as a sunny parallel to 3am and the dark night of the soul - the time Bernard Verley eccentrically chooses as his regular lunch time. A formal, elegant examination of someone puzzled by marital fidelity, Love in the Afternoon is a wonderfully cool and lucid exposition of the twists and turns of its hero's thoughts.Author: PH
Cast & crew
Director: Eric Rohmer
Producer: Pierre Cottrell
Cast: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi, Malvina Penne, Babette Ferrier, Frédérique Hender, Claude-Jean Philippe, Marie-Christine Barrault, Béatrice Romand full cast
Duration: 97 mins
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