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Love in the Afternoon

ComedyDramaRomanceR

Duration

1h 37m

Release

1 Sept 1972

Country

France

Language

French

Overview

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.

Plot

Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.

Cast

Bernard VerleyZouzouFrançoise Verley

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

Details

Director

Éric Rohmer

Writers

Éric Rohmer

Awards

1 win total
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