Autumn Tale (1998) | dir. Éric Rohmer

Béatrice Romand in Éric Rohmer’s Claire's Knee (1970), Love in the Afternoon (1972), Le Beau Mariage (1982), The Green Ray (1986), and Autumn Tale (1998)

Views of the Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant in Eric Rohmer’s An Autumn Tale (1998)

“L'Amour l'après-midi” (1972) by Éric Rohmer

Claire’s Knee (Béatrice Romand as Laura), 1970, Eric Rohmer director

“Conte d'Automne” d'Éric Rohmer (1998) - troisième volet du cycle des “Contes des Quatre Saisons” (1990-98) - avec Béatrice Romand, Marie Rivière, Alexia Portal, Didier Sandre et Alain Libolt, janvier 2023.

Aurora Cornu and Jean-Claude Brialy in Claire's Knee (Éric Rohmer, 1970) Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, Michèle Montel, Gérard Falconetti, Fabrice Luchini. Screenplay: Éric Rohmer. Cinematography: Néstor Almendros. Film editing: Cécile Decugis. Call me naïve, but I never realized before how much Claire's Knee is a kinder, gentler version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Éric Rohmer's characters exist to talk, not to act, so that physical seduction is replaced by verbal dalliance. The novelist Aurora (Aurora Cornu) in Claire's Knee is not, like the Marquise de Merteuil of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel and its many adaptations, out to deflower the innocent, using Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy), her equivalent of Valmont, as her instrument. For her, the dalliance of older man and teenager is an intellectual exercise, one that might result in a novel for her and only incidentally in pleasure for him. So it's also of importance that of the two jeunes filles en fleurs of the film, it's the more intellectual Laura (Béatrice Romand) who truly attracts Jerome, while the strikingly pretty but vapid Claire (Laurence de Monaghan) may be dismissed along with the brief erotic thrill he gets from caressing her titular joint. But has a film ever been sexier without actual nudity and copulation? Add to that the taboos about underage sex, and we get a film taut with suspense yet essentially light-hearted and full of wisdom about the complexities of love.

12 years ago : Le Genou de Claire

Claire’s Knee (French: Le Genou de Claire) is a 1970 French romantic drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand and Laurence de Monaghan. It is the fifth film in the series of the Six Moral Tales (1963–1972). “Why would I tie myself to one woman?” asks Jerôme in Claire’s Knee, though he plans to marry a diplomat’s daughter by…

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Le Beau Mariage (1982) dir. Éric Rohmer

Marie Rivière and Béatrice Romand in Éric Rohmer‘s The Green Ray (1986) and Autumn Tale (1998)

A Good Marriage (1982)

”Le Genou de Claire” (1970) by Éric Rohmer

Cinematography: Néstor Almendros

The Good Marriage - Éric Rohmer

Didier Sandre, Béatrice Romand et Alexia Portal dans “Conte d'Automne” d'Éric Rohmer (1998) - troisième volet du cycle des “Contes des Quatre Saisons” (1990-98) - janvier 2023.