Love in the Afternoon
1972
Paris, France
Éric Rohmer
Comedy Romance Drama
What’s it all about: Bernard Verley reads on the train, shops for shirts at lunch and obsesses about the affair he’s not having with erratic free-spirit Zouzou.
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: low
Death By: bourgeoisie
Relics: turtleneck suits, pale green office equipment, personal calls on public phones, smoking everywhere
Heartthrob: Elisabeth Ferrier
LoFi Magic: crossing the street in workaday Paris, typing at 9am, looking up words in the dictionary (all done by beautiful French people)
Makes me want to: buy a new shirt
Candotti take: When I was younger and people used to tell me French movies are so slow, nothing happens and you always sleep. This is an example of that movie.
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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