Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune (1984)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 102 minuten
Alternative title: Full Moon in Paris
Country:
France
Directed by: Éric Rohmer
Stars: Pascale Ogier, Fabrice Luchini and Tchéky Karyo
IMDb score:
7,2 (6.076)
Releasedate: 29 August 1984
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Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune plot
Louise, a young woman who has just graduated from fine arts school, works as a trainee with an interior designer. She lives with her boyfriend in the suburbs, but she is very dissatisfied. She secretly keeps her own apartment in the city, where she works. But can she explain this to her boyfriend?
Actors and actresses
Louise
Remi
Octave
Camille
Bastien
Painter at Cafe
Tina the Babysitter
Louise's Decorator Friend
Marianne
Remi's Friend Bertrand
Reviews & comments
Dievegge
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- 3213 messages
- 8295 votes
As is often the case, Eric Rohmer chooses the pleasant hustle and bustle of Paris as the setting. As is often the case, his protagonist is a young woman with a mind of her own. She is in her early twenties and does not want to make definitive choices yet, for fear that her youth will then be over. She has two addresses and two partners, with an emphasis on the platonic.
In Rémi's apartment hang two reproductions of Mondrian, one with a lot of red and one with a lot of blue. These primary colors are frequently present in scarves, doors, furniture, and flowers, often against a black or white background. Blue could represent Rémi's coolness and adult life; red youth, passion, and impulsiveness.
The slender Pascal Ogier is endearing and knows how to breathe life into the dialogues about relationships. Later that same year, she would die of a heart attack.
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Movsin
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- 8358 messages
- 8456 votes
From Rohmer's six-part series "Comédies et Proverbes", with this time the saying, freely translated: "He who has two wives loses his soul. He who has two houses, his reason".
Essentially a dialogue film. Louise is ahead of her time, wants a perfect relationship... to her liking, which implies complete freedom, casual interaction with friends of any gender, no interference, and even comes to the conclusion that her partner loves her even too much in that regard..
Such an attitude is no longer so unusual these days, I would venture to think.
In any case, I listened attentively and captivated to the many conversations between the three main characters and the twists and turns in the story.
A typical Rohmer film about love, relationships, and seduction, actually very simple, with a primary interest in dissecting the characters and the word.
Pascale Ogier was well-cast for her role and excels, as does a still-young Fabrice Luchini, who has since grown into a reliable all-rounder in French cinema.
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El Loco
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- 1334 messages
- 2574 votes
Le Rayon Vert was a very strong introduction to Eric Rohmer at the time. Ma Nuit chez Maud and La Collectionneuse were a major disappointment afterwards, because it all felt less natural and believable. Fortunately, Rohmer returns to the very realistic and natural approach in this film.
Louise is a young woman enjoying the freedom her second apartment offers her, of which her boyfriend is currently unaware. I do like these kinds of small, realistic films, especially when they are presented in the right natural way. As a young woman, Louise has to make choices about how she wants to live her life, how she wants to handle her relationship, and her freedom to interact with other people.
It all feels so realistic and everyday, and at no point does it come across as forced, which is a great credit to Pascale Ogier. She plays her role in such a natural and charming way that she managed to completely win me over. I also found the role of Octave to be a valuable addition, constantly trying to get out of the friend zone. The scenes between him and Louise were certainly worthwhile.
A nice bonus the film has to offer is the portrayal of 1980s Paris that Rohmer depicts here. The parties are incredibly fun to watch, and the interiors bring a sense of calm to the film.
After having seen two weaker films by Rohmer, I thought Le Rayon Vert was a fluke, but with this film he proves me wrong.
4*
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