Love in the Afternoon
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women. Frederic (Bernard Verley), deeply in love with his wife Helene (Francoise Verley), lives a monotonous and repetit…
Love in the Afternoon
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women. Frederic (Bernard Verley), deeply in love with his wife Helene (Francoise Verley), lives a monotonous and repetitive life, splitting his time between home and the office, where he always encounters the same people: his partner Gerard (Daniel Ceccaldi) and his two secretaries, Fabienne (Malvina Penne) and Martine (Elisabeth Ferrier). Suddenly, a breath of fresh air arrives in his life: his old friend Chloe (Zouzou), slowly begins to question everything he's ever believed, including his marriage. —Alessandro 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. —Will Gilbert
Love in the Afternoon
Comedy,Drama,Romance
Film Details
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women. Frederic (Bernard Verley), deeply in love with his wife Helene (Francoise Verley), lives a monotonous and repetitive life, splitting his time between home and the office, where he always encounters the same people: his partner Gerard (Daniel Ceccaldi) and his two secretaries, Fabienne (Malvina Penne) and Martine (Elisabeth Ferrier). Suddenly, a breath of fresh air arrives in his life: his old friend Chloe (Zouzou), slowly begins to question everything he's ever believed, including his marriage.
—Alessandro 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. —Will Gilbert.