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A Good Marriage

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Impetuous and restless art student Sabine (Béatrice Romand) is tired of her dead-end job and her married boyfriend, Simon (Féodor Atkine), so she drops both of them. Then, through her pal Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle), she meets Edmond (André Dussollier), an attorney 10 years her senior. Immediately, she decides marriage is just the change she needs, and that Edmond is the perfect candidate for a husband. And so begins her relentless pursuit of matrimony, much to Edmond's chagrin.

Critics Reviews

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Glenn Kenny Video Review 08/05/2022
3/4
Rohmer, like Jean Renoir, doesn’t see things in purely black-and-white terms, and the fun of his movies is in how he shows each of his characters from a number of different angles, shifting our sympathies subtly with nearly every shot. Go to Full Review Tom Milne Sight & Sound 03/16/2020
It was perhaps high time that one of the delightful women who have led Rohmer's heroes such a teasing dance was put in her place. Go to Full Review Bruce McCabe Boston Globe 04/27/2018
Le Beau Mariage never really seems to get outside the groove that Rohmer sets it in. Even for Rohmer, a director with an indirect style and approach, the film is too oblique. Go to Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia 01/29/2021
5/10
I find the film, considered the second in his 'Comedies and Proverbs', bland and disappointing when Rohmer repeatedly addresses issues related to whims, indecision and marriage. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Luis Fernando Galván En Filme 10/22/2020
3/5
We can laugh at Sabine's candor and naive attempts at social climbing, but her ultimate fate draws our sympathies. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) 08/26/2019
The fantasies of the protagonist are transformed into subjective versions of what the audience contemplates from the outside. The contrast elicits laughter and even solidarity. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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08/18/2015 #2 in Rohmer's comedies & proverbs See more 11/27/2012 A bloody nightmare of a woman wants to marry the first bachelor she comes across and it all ends in misery. See more 02/18/2012 More interesting and with more action than some of the other entries in the "Comedies et Proverbes" series (at least that I've seen). Can't say I particularly liked it. See more 01/07/2011 Headstrong, naive woman decides to get married, then meets a man she wants to pursue in this comfortably talky French drama. Slight but at times quite soulful. See more 02/22/2010 This was perfectly satisfactory stuff. I have never seen a Rohmer film before and thought this was averagely interesting. I particularly liked the electropop on the soundtrack which I certainly didn't suspect, and also admired the nicely reflective and optimistic ending. See more 12/09/2009 Can Rohmer do no wrong?? Seemingly banal but so painfully, uncomfortably compelling and true. And Beatrice is always such a charm to watch. See more Read all reviews
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Éric Rohmer

Director

Béatrice Romand

Sabine

André Dussollier

Edmond

Féodor Atkine

Simon

Arielle Dombasle

Clarisse

Huguette Faget

Maryse

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Synopsis Impetuous and restless art student Sabine (Béatrice Romand) is tired of her dead-end job and her married boyfriend, Simon (Féodor Atkine), so she drops both of them. Then, through her pal Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle), she meets Edmond (André Dussollier), an attorney 10 years her senior. Immediately, she decides marriage is just the change she needs, and that Edmond is the perfect candidate for a husband. And so begins her relentless pursuit of matrimony, much to Edmond's chagrin.
Director
Éric Rohmer
Producer
Margaret Ménégoz
Production Co
Les Films du Losange, Compagnie Éric Rohmer, Les Films du Carrosse
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Mono