Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)
L'amour l'après-midi (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 37min
- Comedy, Drama
- 01 Sep 1972 (France)
- Movie
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
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Cast verified as complete
| Bernard Verley | ... |
Frédéric
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| Zouzou | ... |
Chloé
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Françoise Verley | ... |
Hélène
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| Daniel Ceccaldi | ... |
Gérard
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Malvina Penne | ... |
Fabienne
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Elisabeth Ferrier | ... |
Martine
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Tina Michelino | ... |
The Passenger
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Jean-Louis Livi | ... |
The Colleague
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Pierre Nunzi | ... |
The Salesman
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Irène Skobline | ... |
The Saleslady
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Frédérique Hender | ... |
Mme. M.
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Claude-Jean Philippe | ... |
Mr. M.
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| Silvia Badescu | ... |
The Female Student
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Claude Bertrand | ... |
The Male Student
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Sylvaine Charlet | ... |
The Landlady
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Daniele Malat | ... |
The Customer
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Suze Randall | ... |
The Au Pair
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| Françoise Fabian | ... |
Dream Sequence
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| Marie-Christine Barrault | ... |
Dream Sequence
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| Haydée Politoff | ... |
Dream Sequence
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Aurora Cornu | ... |
Dream Sequence
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Laurence de Monaghan | ... |
Dream Sequence
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| Béatrice Romand | ... |
Dream Sequence
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Directed by
| Éric Rohmer | ||
Written by
| Éric Rohmer | ... | () |
Produced by
| Pierre Cottrell | ... | producer |
| Barbet Schroeder | ... | producer |
Music by
| Arié Dzierlatka | ||
Cinematography by
| Néstor Almendros | ||
Editing by
| Cécile Decugis | ||
Editorial Department
| Martine Kalfon | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
| Nicole Rachline | ||
Costume Design by
| Daniel Hechter-Vog | ||
Makeup Department
| Karl Moisant | ... | hair stylist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Claude Bertrand | ... | assistant director |
| Claudine Guillemin | ... | assistant director |
| Lorraine Santoni | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jacques Carrère | ... | sound mixer |
| Michel Laurent | ... | assistant sound recordist |
| Jean-Pierre Ruh | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Fernand Coquet | ... | electrician |
| Bernard Prim | ... | still photographer |
| Jean-Claude Rivière | ... | assistant camera |
| Philippe Rousselot | ... | assistant camera |
Additional Crew
| Albert Vasseur | ... | machinist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Columbia Film (1972) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia (1972) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1972) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Columbia-Warner Distributors (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Universal Film Agency (1973) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Film & Teater AB (1973) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Magna-Filmi (1973) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Music Television (MTV) (1981) (Finland) (tv)
- Media Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (VHS) (Through the Cinematheque Collection for Heron Communications)
- Fil à Film (1990) (France) (VHS)
- Fil à Film (1993) (France) (VHS)
- Kinokuniya (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Cinémathèque Suisse (2015) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Arthaus (2016) (Germany) (DVD) (Best of Eric Rohmer)
- Arthaus (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
- British Empire Films Australia (1974) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Cinétoile (1998) (France) (tv)
- Fox Lorber Home Video (United States) (video)
- Guerilla Films (United Kingdom)
- Leopardo Filmes (2021) (Portugal)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma. Written by Will Gilbert |
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| Taglines | Selected to open the 10th New York Film Festival See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #348. See more » |
| Goofs | At approximately 1:16 in the film, Chloe opens the store door wearing red shoes matching her dress. In the following scene, she walks down a staircase wearing black shoes which match her stockings. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Follows The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963). See more » |
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Frédéric:
[voice over]
That's why I love the city. People come into view, then vanish. You don't see them grow old. What makes the streets of Paris so fascinating is the constant yet fleeting presence of women whom I'm almost certain never to see again. It's enough that they're there, indifferent, conscious of their charm, happy to test its affect on me, as I test mine on them, by tacit agreement, without even the subtlest smile or glance. I feel their seductive power without giving in to it. This doesn't estrange me from Hélène. Far from it. I tell myself these passing beauties are simply an extension of my wife's beauty. They enrich her beauty and receive some of hers in return. She's the guarantee of the world's beauty and vice versa. When I embrace Hélène, I embrace all women. See more » |