A chance meeting between a young widow (Anouk Aimée) and widower (Jean-Louis Trintignant) at their children’s school develops slowly into a romance. As they gradually reveal themselves to each other,…

One of François Truffaut’s most successful films, these are partly autobiographical tales of childhood innocence and awakenings set in the summer of 1976. Poverty, abuse and injustice is mixed with…

Catherine Frot stars as France’s greatest rose grower, now on the verge of bankruptcy and about to sell out to her competitor. Her secretary then recruits three new workers with…

Amidst the stunning scenery of the lac d’Annecy, career diplomat Jérôme (Jean-Claude Brialy) is enjoying a holiday away from his fiancée. He dares to flirt with two teenage girls. Laura…

Unusual in Rohmer’s oeuvre, this is a historical drama, set in the Napoleonic Wars. Based on Kleist’s disturbing short story of an unspeakable crime committed when Russian troops attack a…

This is the film that truly launched Rohmer. Pin-sharp black-and-white cinematography portrays an engineer newly arrived in town who bumps into an old friend. They introduce him to a bewitching…

Rohmer’s most perfect film? Louise and her architect fiancé Rémi live in the new town he is designing. She is stifled in the suburbs and retains her pied à terre…