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Claire's Knee (1971)

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Audience Score
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NR 1 hr 45 minFeb 21st, 1971Romance, DramaEric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales PosterPart of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
StarringJean-Claude BrialyAurora CornuBéatrice Romand
DirectorÉric Rohmer
WriterÉric Rohmer

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:February 21st, 1971 - Buy Tickets
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Films du Losange
Movie Tags:
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Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales

The multifaceted, deeply personal work of Eric Rohmer has had an effect on cinema unlike any other. One of the founding critics of the history-making Cahiers du cinéma, Rohmer began translating his written manifestos to film in the 1960s, standing apart from his New Wave contemporaries with his patented brand of gently existential, hyperarticulate character studies set against vivid seasonal landscapes. This near genre unto itself was established with the audacious and wildly influential series Six Moral Tales. A succession of encounters between fragile men and the women who tempt them, Six Moral Tales unleashed on the film world a new voice, one that was at once sexy, philosophical, modern, daring, nonjudgmental, and liberating.