Love in the Afternoon
1972 · Movie · 97 min. · France
Synopsis of Love in the Afternoon
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.
Direction Éric Rohmer
Cast Bernard Verley · Zouzou · Françoise Verley · Daniel Ceccaldi · Malvina Penne · Babette Ferrier · Frédérique Hender · Claude-Jean Philippe · Marie-Christine Barrault · Béatrice Romand · Françoise Fabian
Soundtrack Arie Dzierlatka
Screenplay Éric Rohmer
Cinematography Néstor Almendros
Original title L'Amour l'après-midi (Chloe in the Afternoon)
Also known as Chloe in the Afternoon
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