Eric Rohmer

Eric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, April 4, 1920, Nancy, France) is a French film director. He is regarded as a key figure in the post-war New Wave cinema and is a former editor of influential French film journal Cahiers du Cinema.

Selected Filmography

Six Moral Tales:

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• La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)
• La Carrière de Suzanne (1963)
• La Collectioneuse/The Collector (1967)
• Ma Nuit Chez Maud/My Night at Maud's (1969) Academy Award nomination for best foreign film
• Le Genou De Claire/Claire's Knee (1970)
• L'Amour, L'Apres Midi/Love In the Afternoon (1971)

Comedies And Proverbs:

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• La Femme de l'Aviateur/The Aviator's Wife (1981) Proverb: "It is impossible to think about nothing."
• Le Beau mariage/A Good Marriage (1982) Proverb: "Can anyone refrain from building castles in Spain?"
• Pauline à la Plage/Pauline At The Beach (1983) Proverb: "He who talks too much will hurt himself."
• Nuits de la Pleine Lune/Full Moon In Paris (1984) Proverb: "He who has two women loses his soul, he who has two houses loses his mind."
• Le Rayon Vert/The Green Ray/Summer (1986)
• 'Ami de mon Amie/My Girlfriend's Boyfriend/Boyfriends And Girlfriends (1987) Proverb: "My friends' friends are my friends."

Tales Of The Four Seasons:

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• Conte de Printemps/A Tale Of Springtime (1990)
• Conte d'Hiver/A Winter's Tale (1992)
• Conte d'Eté/A Summer's Tale (1996)
• Conte d'Automne/A Tale Of Autumn (1998)

Other, non-series, films:

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• Die Marquise von O... (1976)
• Perceval Le Gallois (1978)
• 4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (1987)
• L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (1993)
• Les Rendez-vous de Paris (1995)
• L'anglaise et le duc/The Lady And The Duke (2001) an account of part of the life of Grace Elliott
• Triple agent (2004)