FREE ON ARTE Eric Rohmer - Ma Nuit Chez Maud

Rohmer's My Night With Maud is about love. And about the little games of love. It is certainly the best Rohmer film. Not intellectually or even academically. Much better: He is very thoughtful and knows human nature. It's a challenging film. No sprinkling. Then you want to discuss it and I'm sure that there are contrary points of view. Try it with your girlfriend! Appear Jean-Louis Trintignant as a catholic, lonely man. He loves a blond girl he never met. On Sundays he sees her in church and sometimes on the street. One day he meets Maud (Françoise Fabian). She is divorced and has an irregular appointment. She likes Jean-Louis (he has the same name in the movie). He can stay if her lover, a friend of Jean-Louis, leaves. Then something strange happens: Maud and Jean-Louis talk all night long. They talk about sex and marriage. They in a nightgown. Sometimes Jean-Louis sits on the edge of the bed. It's a scene in which the characters reveal themselves solely through their behaviour and movements. Maud provokes Jean-Louis. At the same time, she preserves her private sphere. Subtle? Yes, extremely! All the other scenes in the film complement this one. And now imagine it's 1969, you're cinephil, you live in Paris and you watch My Night With Maud in the cinema. I think it must have been like a revelation!