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Love in the Afternoon is a french film of genre Drama directed by Éric Rohmer released in USA on 29 september 1972 with Bernard Verley
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
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Add to a movie listLove in the Afternoon (original title: L'Amour l'après-midi and released in North America as Chloe in the Afternoon) is a 1972 film by Éric Rohmer. It is the sixth and final movie in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series.
An English-language remake starring Chris Rock, titled I Think I Love My Wife, was released in 2007. Neither film is a remake or derivative of Love in the Afternoon, a 1957 romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder.
Synopsis
Frédéric (Bernard Verley), a young, successful lawyer, is happily married to Hélène (Françoise Verley), an English teacher, and father to one child with another on the way. Still, something eats away at him. While going through his day, Frédéric begins to ponder the times before he was married, when he was free to be with any woman he wanted and could feel the deep satisfaction of anticipation while he chased them. At one point in the film, he has an elaborate fantasy where he possesses a magical amulet that causes all women to bow to his will (the sequence features actresses from previous "Moral Tales"). These thoughts do not distress Frédéric though, as he sees these ideas as a reflection of how true his love to his wife is.Actors
Bernard Verley
(Frédéric)
Daniel Ceccaldi
(Gérard)
Zouzou
(Chloé)
Béatrice Romand
(Dream Sequence)
Marie-Christine Barrault
(Dream Sequence)
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