Love in the Afternoon
1972•1h 37m•7.3•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Éric Rohmer
Writer
Éric Rohmer
Languages
French
Studio
Les Films du Losange
Cast
Bernard Verley
Frédéric
Zouzou
Chloé
Françoise Verley
Hélène
Daniel Ceccaldi
Gérard
Malvina Penne
Fabienne
Elisabeth Ferrier
Martine
Tina Michelino
The Passenger
Jean-Louis Livi
The Colleague
Pierre Nunzi
The Salesman
Irène Skobline
The Saleslady
Frédérique Hender
Mme. M.
Claude-Jean Philippe
Mr. M.
Silvia Bădescu
The Female Student
Claude Bertrand
The Male Student
Sylvaine Charlet
The Landlady
Production
Company
Les Films du Losange
Producer
Pierre Cottrell
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
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