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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
222 audience votes
Key crew
- Éric RohmerDirector
- Arié DzierlatkaOriginal Music Composer
- Éric RohmerScreenplay
Cast
- Bernard VerleyFrédéric
- ZouzouChloé
- Françoise VerleyHélène
- Daniel CeccaldiGérard
- Malvina PenneFabienne
- Elisabeth FerrierMartine
- Tina MichelinoThe Passenger
- Jean-Louis LiviThe Colleague
- Pierre NunziThe Salesman
- Irène SkoblineThe Saleslady
- Frédérique HenderMme. M.
- Claude-Jean PhilippeMr. M.
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Themes
infidelitymarriage crisisman between two womenwomanizerphilosophicalintimateromantic
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