ERIC ROHMER

Battle of the sexes, rivalries and sex during days of summer idleness, in Rohmer’s first “Moral Tale” to be shot in color, this is also the most erotically charged film of the series. A necessary companion to our own summer adventures. — A young gallery owner, Adrien, decides to spend his summer vacation completely alone in a friend’s isolated villa. What he doesn’t know is that there are already two other guests at the villa, an old acquaintance of his, and a woman he’s never met before. The woman collects lovers, lives freely and shatters Adrien’s hope for peace and quiet once he realizes he is soon to become another part of her collection. — Prize of the Jury | Berlin Film Festival | 1967 Youth Film Award | Berlin Film Festival | 1967

Literary games in an idyllic resort, romance, infidelity, questions of morality and heroes who have a hard time keeping their word. Éric Rohmer’s summer classic is akin to a breezy summer meal with good French wine. — Shortly before his wedding, Jerome spends his summer vacation at lake Annecy, in order to sell his family villa. While there, he reunites with an old friend who is a writer and is staying at a neighboring house along with the owner’s strong-willed daughter. Jerome’s interactions with the young girl and the effect she has on him, provide the writer with the idea for her next book. While Jerome’s interests start to wane, the arrival of a new girl, Claire, grabs his attention. — Best Film | San Sebastián International Film Festival | 1971 Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film | Golden Globes | 1972

The third part of the "Four Seasons" cycle is dedicated to summer, the season which became synonymous with Éric Rohmer's work, and is full of youth, carelessness and... emotional confusion. — An shy indecisive math student takes a holiday in Dinard, waiting for his girlfriend to spend their summer vacation together. However, his meeting with two more girls will complicate things.

With three awards at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival, the third of the six-part “Comedies and Proverbs” anthology is another exquisite specimen of Rohmer’s cinema, featuring masterfully crafted dialogue and the unbearable lightness of youth. — A sixteen-year-old girl visits the coast of Normandy for her summer vacation, ready to dive into the dark waters of love. What she discovers instead is what hypocrites adults can be. — Best Director | Berlin Film Festival | 1983 FIPRESCI Award | Berlin Film Festival | 1983 OCIC Award - Honorable Mention | Berlin Film Festival | 1983

Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival in 1986 for one of the gems of Éric Rohmer's filmography, a film as rare and precious as its legendary finale scene with the green ray at sunset. — A young girl runs out of town just before summer vacation and seeks to find the antidote to loneliness and boredom in the "green light" of a sunset which, according to Jules Verne, gives anyone who sees it the ability to clarify feelings of. — Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | 1986 FIPRESCI Prize | Venice Film Festival | 1986 Pasinetti Award for Best Actress (Marie Rivière) | Venice Film Festival | 1986 Golden Ciak Award | Venice Film Festival | 1986

Two Oscar nominations and the most beautiful black and white cinematography for the film that made Éric Rohmer famous and crystallized in the best way his special, dialogic cinema. — A devout catholic and a professor of philosophy spend the night at the house of an empowered woman where they spend the whole night talking, leading to revelations and unspoken truths. — Nominated for Best Foreign Film | Oscars | 1970 Nominated for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 1970 Official Selection | Cannes Film Festival | 1969

An American in (bohemian) 1950s Paris. Temptation, morality and life as a game of luck. Éric Rohmer’s debut is a Nouvelle Vague film beloved by cinephiles, produced by Chabrol and featuring a cameo by Godard. — Expecting to inherit his wealthy, recently deceased aunt, an American in Paris – born a leo and therefore certain luck will always be by his side – squanders his money and accrues debt, only to find himself trapped when he finds out his aunt has disowned him and there is no inheritance money coming to his rescue. But, all of a sudden, everything changes because of a shocking accident.