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A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.
Fred Junck
- Schmidt
- (uncredited)
Michel Mardore
- Client
- (uncredited)
Bertrand Tavernier
- Young Man
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writer
- Éric Rohmer(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis short is the first of Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales".
- ConnectionsFollowed by Suzanne's Career (1963)
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Like a practice film....
This is a short film by Eric Rohmer--and the first of his six so-called 'Morality Tales'. Unlike some of his later films, this one seems much more like a typical French New Wave film--with its unusual camera work (looking more like an amateur film at times), use of natural settings and unusual style.
"The Bakery Girl of Monceau" begins with a young man noticing a pretty lady as he walked to college. He's interested in her but they don't know each other at all--and he's working up the courage to talk to her. Eventually, he bumps into her and they talk a bit. He asks her out for coffee but she declines--but tells him she'd be willing in the future. The problem, however, is that for some time he returns to his daily route and doesn't see her. Instead, however, he becomes interested in a girl who works in a bakery. What will become of this and will the original girl return?
While I know that many love Rohmer and New Wave films, this one seems like it's more a practice film than a finished product. It's incredibly mundane--to the point of almost being banal. Because of this, it's not for the casual viewer--and a film that is really impossible to rate.
"The Bakery Girl of Monceau" begins with a young man noticing a pretty lady as he walked to college. He's interested in her but they don't know each other at all--and he's working up the courage to talk to her. Eventually, he bumps into her and they talk a bit. He asks her out for coffee but she declines--but tells him she'd be willing in the future. The problem, however, is that for some time he returns to his daily route and doesn't see her. Instead, however, he becomes interested in a girl who works in a bakery. What will become of this and will the original girl return?
While I know that many love Rohmer and New Wave films, this one seems like it's more a practice film than a finished product. It's incredibly mundane--to the point of almost being banal. Because of this, it's not for the casual viewer--and a film that is really impossible to rate.
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- planktonrules
- Jul 20, 2011
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- The Baker of Monceau
- Filming locations
- Place de Lévis, Paris 17, Paris, France(street market)
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) officially released in India in English?
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