This is a look at one man's working through love and lust while trying to adhere to his Catholicism. Pretty talky. The main character is an engineer and mathematician; Pascal comes into the conversations in several places, particularly in the context of "Pascal's Wager." Also, Jansenism is mentioned a couple of times (I had to look it up). This film may have the most meaning for Catholics.
The intellectualizing is presented in the context of ordinary conversations and interactions among intelligent people--I never felt that I was being preached at or assaulted with pithy comments coming from the overactive imagination of a screenwriter out to impress.
The performances are fine and the presence of the beautiful Françoise Fabian (as Maud) is a plus. There is a precision, yet poetry, in the black and white photography.
I think Rohmer took a page out of Truffaut's book for the final scene.
The intellectualizing is presented in the context of ordinary conversations and interactions among intelligent people--I never felt that I was being preached at or assaulted with pithy comments coming from the overactive imagination of a screenwriter out to impress.
The performances are fine and the presence of the beautiful Françoise Fabian (as Maud) is a plus. There is a precision, yet poetry, in the black and white photography.
I think Rohmer took a page out of Truffaut's book for the final scene.