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Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon

19727.31h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by Éric Rohmer
Written by Éric Rohmer
Produced by Barbet Schroeder, Pierre Cottrell
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Top Cast

Bernard Verley

Bernard Verley

Frédéric

Zouzou

Zouzou

Chloé

Françoise Verley

Françoise Verley

Hélène

Daniel Ceccaldi

Daniel Ceccaldi

Gérard

M

Malvina Penne

Fabienne

E

Elisabeth Ferrier

Martine

T

Tina Michelino

The Passenger

Jean-Louis Livi

Jean-Louis Livi

The Colleague

P

Pierre Nunzi

The Salesman

I

Irène Skobline

The Saleslady

Themes & Keywords

infidelitymarriage crisisman between two womenwomanizer

About Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon is a drama, romance film released in 1972 exploring themes of infidelity, marriage crisis, man between two women, womanizer. Directed by Éric Rohmer, it stars Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley. 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.

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