Movie
Love in the Afternoon
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-09-01
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Losange
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Bernard Verley as Frédéric
- Zouzou as Chloé
- Françoise Verley as Hélène
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Gérard
- Malvina Penne as Fabienne
- Elisabeth Ferrier as Martine
- Tina Michelino as The Passenger
- Jean-Louis Livi as The Colleague
- Pierre Nunzi as The Salesman
- Irène Skobline as The Saleslady
- Frédérique Hender as Mme. M.
- Claude-Jean Philippe as Mr. M.
Crew
- Éric Rohmer - Director
- Éric Rohmer - Screenplay
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