7:00 - FULL MOON IN PARIS
Eric Rohmer (1984) 100 mins PG

Lyrical & melancholy 4th instalment in the “Comedies & Proverbs” series. One of Rohmer’s most beautifully written & acted comedies of manners, featuring multi-dimensional performances by Fabrice Luchini & actor, costume & production designer Pascale Ogier (who tragically died shortly after the film’s release). Coming “as close as may be possible to” a cinematic equivalent of “the great 16th- & 17th-century miniatures” it “ranks with the very best of Rohmer” (Vincent Canby).

CTEQ Annotation:
'The Grace of Suffering: Rohmer’s Full Moon in Paris' by Alexander C. Ives

8:55 - BOYFRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS
Eric Rohmer (1987) 103 mins PG

Rohmer’s sixth & final entry in the “Comedies & Proverbs” series is a charming but deceptive film that chronicles the social & romantic worlds of two young women (Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir) who meet by chance in the institutionalised tranquility of Cergy-Pontoise. Blanche is a bureaucrat working in the cultural sector & Lea is a glamorous & carefree student searching for men & fun. The laissez-faire interactions between the two women & the men they pursue seem guided & lulled by the manicured buildings & lakes of the city, an environment as unattached as its heroines.