Chloe in the Afternoon

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Junior S @RT39899143 Jul 18 Insightful drama concerning the boundaries of men’s and women’s relationship to each other and to themselves, exploring the desires and their relation to roles and commitments. A deeply thought movie that stays true to its subject as microcosm. But it lacks a final scene of closure between Frederic and Chloe, and that is the only marring of the movie, that it doesn’t provide us with one, but relies upon an audience conceit: we must believe that Chloe wouldn’t follow up with him at the end even though she knows where he works, has visited him there multiple times and calls him just as many times, and he knows where she works and lives; Frederic’s secretaries even landed Chloe a job. This unrealistic conceit undermines the psychologies of the characters in an otherwise excellent movie. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Mar 12 Success in 1 hour and 33 minutes. See more 07/26/2020 Selfish and selfless acts amongst characters who think in fantasy without a thought for consequences; slowly draws you in See more s r @ScottR 03/17/2018 Very French film about mistresses and love. I don't feel compelled to see it again besides to view it as a period piece with some good fashion from the French 70s. See more 07/12/2016 The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales finds Frederic, a young businessman, reflecting on his life after three years of marriage. His internal thoughts are narrated in voiceover. He thinks about women and his attraction to them in the context of his fidelity to his wife which he is proud to honour. They have a very young daughter as well. Frederic's life has become bourgeois but he sees himself as a sort of urban cat, prowling around in the afternoons. When an old acquaintance, Chloe, returns after a six-year absence overseas, she provokes him and challenges his views about relationships. She is rootless, flitting from job to job and from man to man, clearly independent and willful and sexy for that reason. Frederic finds himself drawn to her and they set up rendezvouses on certain afternoons, physically chaste though emotionally all over the place. Rohmer is good at getting into his male characters' psyches, undermining their confidence and throwing moral dilemmas at them. We don't really get inside the women but they are treated as mysterious and special. Rohmer's films are naturally all talk but they can be exhilarating and refreshing. We don't know where Frederic is heading but the conclusion of the film feels to be his choice, made freely and autonomously and Rohmer respects it (as he respects his audience and his vision). See more 09/07/2015 http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2015/09/eric-rohmers-six-moral-tales.html See more Read all reviews

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