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Movie of the Week#3: My Night at Maud's (1969), Eric Rohmer

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My Night at Maud's (Ma Nuit Chez Maud, France, 1969). Directed and Writed by Eric Rohmer. cinematography by Nestor Almendros. Edited by CÉCILE DECUGIS. Production design by Nichole Rachline.. Cast: Jean-Louis Trintgnant, François Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Léonide Kogan, Guy Léger, Anne Dubot, Marie Becker.        Jean-Louis (Trintignant) is a Catholic who moves to the province and is touched by a young woman who perceives in the church, Françoise (Barrault), with whom believes he should marry.   One day he meets a friend he had not seen for 14 years, Vidal (Vitez), who presents him to Maud (Fabian), a charming divorced woman.   Divided between reason, which makes him believe in the fidelity of love and the belief that Françoise, even as a Catholic, is the woman to marry and the desire for Maud, he initially does not make a decision.   H owever, when he meets Françoise occasionally, he makes an appointment with her, who, al...

Movie of the Week#2: The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Robert Bresson

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The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, France, 1945). Directed by Robert Bresson. Written by Robert bresson & Jean Cocteau from the novel by Denis Diderot. cinematography by Philippe Agostini. Edited by jean feyte. Production design by Max Douy & robert lavallée. Costume design by GRÈS & Schiaparelli. Cast: paul bernard, maría casares, elina labourdette, lucienne bogaert, jean marchat, Yvette etiévant, marcel rouzé, bernard lajarrige. Agnes (Labourdette), a young star of cabaret, can exchange the attractions of worldly life that dissatisfy her for a dignified life with her mother (Bogaert), in the care of the aristocrat Helene (Casarés). Living now prisoners in their new house, next to the Boulogne Grove, they meet the same day Helene and the friend Jacques (Marchat), who falls madly in love, at first sight, by Agnes. Ready to conquer her at all costs, he suffers refusals in a row, which only burn his desire even more, to the point of no...