France,
1970, 105 min
Directed by:
Eric RohmerScreenplay:
Eric RohmerCinematography:
Néstor AlmendrosVOD (2)
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“Why would I tie myself to one woman if I were interested in others?” says Jerôme, even as he plans on marrying a diplomat’s daughter by summer’s end. Before then, Jerôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, Laura’s long-legged, blonde stepsister, Claire. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire unwittingly instigates Jerôme’s moral crisis and creates both one of French cinema’s most enduring moments and what has become the iconic image of Rohmer’s Moral Tales. (Janus Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Golden Globes
- 1972 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1971 - Eric Rohmer (Best Screenplay)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 1971 - Eric Rohmer (Golden Shell for Best Film)