In Paris, Christian, a young aviator, visits his ex-lover's apartment. He was interrupted while putting the note under the door, and his ex-lover, Anne, let him in. After a lengthy conversation, he leaves the building with the conclusion there love is over. However Anne's current lover, Francois, sees them leave the apartment. After trying to contact Anne, and her avoiding him, Francois falls asleep in a cafe. He awakes to find Christian walking past with a woman, and he follows/spies on them. He meets a 'fun' 15 year old girl, called Lucie, on the way and they talk while spying on them.
This is the first of Eric Rohmer's 'comedy of proverbs' and the first of my Rohmer eight film box-set. Rohmer has made 25 films, 16 of them available at my library, so I am eager to like his work. However, he is not the type of director I like. Focusing on long, dull conversations about love, set in the same small rooms and cafes, no action, no emotion, just talking. Apparently it's a comedy, which is strange as I didn't laugh once. The upbeat acting of Lucie was lively and fun, but still not funny, atleast not ha ha funny.
When the character Lucie entered the film, the film went from uninteresting, to exciting. Later she leaves the film, and a 30 minute conversation occurs, cancelling the leeway the film was making. The scenes in the park were entertaining and earned my curiosity, but the over-long ending sadly lost it and descended me into boredom.
This is a bad sign for my Rohmer box-set. C'etait tres tres terribleh. La femme de l'aviateur est trop bof. Finally my French GCSE has come in useful.
TO CONCLUDE
Talking. Realist talking. Realist talking about love. Dull realist talking about love... That is all.
SCORE
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