The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
Title | Love in the Afternoon |
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Year | 1972 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Country | France |
Studio | Les Films du Losange |
Cast | Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi, Malvina Penne, Elisabeth Ferrier |
Crew | Éric Rohmer (Director), Éric Rohmer (Screenplay), Barbet Schroeder (Producer), Pierre Cottrell (Producer), Arié Dzierlatka (Original Music Composer), Néstor Almendros (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | infidelity, marriage crisis, man between two women, womanizer |
Release | Sep 01, 1972 |
Runtime | 97 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.26 / 10 by 184 users |