Synopsis
Simple, delicate, and jazzy, the first of the “Moral Tales” shows the stirrings of what would become the Eric Rohmer style: unfussy naturalistic shooting, ironic first-person voice-over, and the image of the “unknowable” woman. A law student (played by producer and future director Barbet Schroeder) with a roving eye and a large appetite stuffs himself full of sugar cookies and pastries daily in order to garner the attentions of the pretty brunette who works in a quaint Paris bakery. But is he truly interested, or is she just a sweet diversion?
Cast
| Young man | Barbet Schroeder |
| Sylvie | Michèle Girardon |
| Jacqueline | Claudine Soubrier |
| Schmidt | Fred Junk |
Credits
| Director | Eric Rohmer |
| Producer | Barbet Schroeder |
| Cinematography | Jean-Michel Meurice and Bruno Barbey |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Eric Rohmer
- Moral Tales, Filmic Issues, a new video conversation with Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder
- Rohmer’s short film Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951)
- New and improved English subtitle translation
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Eric Rohmer: Blueprints for a Brilliant Oeuvre
by Aug 14, 2006The Bakery Girl of Monceau and Suzanne's Career are not Eric Rohmer's first films. By 1963, he had made several shorts and one feature, Le signe du Lion, in 1959. Yet these two short works are an important blueprint for Rohmer's fantastically prolific and brilliant oeuvre . . .
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