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Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 21 March 1920 [a] – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher.
Who is Eric Rohmer? Born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer on December 1, 1920 in Nancy, a small city in Lorraine, he relocated to Paris and became a literature teacher and newspaper reporter. In 1946, under the pen name Gilbert Cordier, he published his only novel, "Elizabeth".
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Éric Rohmer (born April 4, 1920?, Tulle?, France—died January 11, 2010, Paris) was a French motion-picture director and writer who was noted for his sensitively observed studies of romantic passion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Bakery Girl of Monceau
- Claire’s Knee
- My Girlfriend’S Boyfriend
- My Night at Maud’s
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
- Pauline at The Beach
- The Aviator’s Wife
- La Collectionneuse
- Love in The Afternoon
- The Green Ray
Rohmer’s black and white short filmThe Bakery Girl of Monceau kicked off the director’sSix Moral Tales series in 1962. We follow the unnamed narrator around Paris as he falls in love with a woman he frequently sees in the street. After finally plucking up the courage to speak to her, she disappears, leading the young student to search for her. Duri...
Acting as the fifth instalment in the Six Moral Tales series, Claire’s Kneeis one of Rohmer’s most visually stunning films. Set against the backdrop of Lake Annecy, dandyish Jerome finds himself faced with an intense desire to touch the knee of Claire, an 18-year-old girl who couldn’t care less about him. The film explores the ageing man’s preoccup...
Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs series gave women a central role, and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriendis no exception. The film explores the friendship between Blanche and Lea and the intermingling of relationships as they become involved with each other’s boyfriends. The filmmaker’s observation of French young professionals is set against a backdrop of th...
Starring the late Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean-Louis, a serious and religious engineer, My Night at Maud’s led Rohmer to gain international recognition, earning him anAcademy Award nominationfor Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. The film’s main theme, which sees Jean-Louis spend the night with the intelligent and beautiful ...
Released amidst the Comedies and Proverbs, although not an official instalment, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle is one of Rohmer’s most progressive films. Containing an almost entirely female cast, aside from the few male characters that antagonise the protagonists, the film revels in the beauty of female friendship. We follow the naïve a...
Pauline at the Beachis perhaps one of Rohmer’s most accessible films, functioning as a romantic comedy full of wit and tenderness. We follow Pauline, a 14-year-old girl who is holidaying with her older cousin, Marion. The pair encounter Pierre, an old lover of Marion’s on the beach, as well as an overly-charming stranger, Henri, and a teenage boy, ...
The first film of the Comedies and Proverbs, The Aviator’s Wife, remains one of the strongest instalments in the series, combining light-hearted Hitchcockian suspense with great emotional depth and a standout performance by Rohmer-favourite Marie Riviere. Rohmer takes us on a journey of amateur espionage, clearly inspired by Vertigo, as Philippe Ma...
Marking Rohmer’s first foray into colour film, the filmmaker utilises the benefits of colour to create a visual feast in La Collectionneuse, focusing on the gorgeous natural landscapes of St. Tropez that play host to the immature ramblings and games of two men, Adrien and Daniel. The pair of self-righteous men – reminiscent of the protagonist ofThe...
Set in a post-1968 France, protagonist Frederic is caught between the traditionalism he has been raised with, and the blossoming liberalism of his surroundings. Love in the Afternoon is a sophisticated look at a man tempted by infidelity, yet also stresses the love he feels for his wife. Featuring French icon Zouzou as the object of his desire, the...
Shot on gorgeous 16mm, The Green Ray is one of cinema’s most underrated explorations of loneliness and drifting. We follow Delphine (Marie Riviere’s greatest performance) as she restlessly attempts to enjoy her holiday after her relationship breakdown. Floating between friends and strangers, Delphine cannot find real happiness until she immerses he...
Jun 16, 2016 · Éric Rohmer, the father of the French New Wave. Photograph by Tyrone Dukes / The New York Times / Redux. Though biographies are meant to illuminate and reveal their subjects, it’s no...
Jan 5, 2015 · The bookworm who became a cineaste. Graduating in Paris, Rohmer taught in Clérmont-Ferrand before returning to the capital after the war to become a freelance journalist. Steeped in Pascal, Diderot, Rousseau, Stendhal, Balzac and Rimbaud, he prized literature over film.
Rohmer was born (in 1920) Maurice Schérer and, under that name, conducted his life as a teacher and a bourgeois family man in parallel with his life as a filmmaker. His mother died in 1970 without ever having known that her son was already a famous film director.
