Les Rendez-vous de Paris
1995 Romantic Comedy
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Summary
Three tales where an amorous rendezvous in Paris ends with an unexpected twist.
In the first, ‘Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures’, a young woman, Esther, is mulling over whether
her boyfriend is cheating on her when another young man tries to chat her up. She
agrees to meet up with the latter and later realises she has lost her purse.
That same day, the purse is returned to her by a stranger and together, half-suspecting
the purse was stolen by the young man who accosted Esther earlier, they set out to keep
the agreed rendezvous - and both get a shock. In the second tale, ‘Les Blancs de
Paris’, another young woman wanders around Paris with her lover, a university professor,
and agonises over whether she should leave her fiancé or not. She has the
answer when she and her lover agree to spend a night at a hotel in Montmartre. Finally,
in ‘Mère et enfant 1907’, a young artist takes his Swedish girlfriend to an art
gallery where he meets a young woman who shares his obsession for Picasso’s ‘Mother and
Child’ portrait. He abandons his girlfriend to pursue the stranger and finally
manages to lure her back to his studio. The outcome is not what he expected but
proves to be worthwhile.
Review
Less substantial than Rohmer’s other films, Les Rendez-vous de Paris is nonetheless
an engaging diversion, comprising three loosely connected tales of romantic trysts, each
showing the director’s unique ability to portray human relationships in a convincing yet
poignant way.
The first, and perhaps best, of the three tales is a charming but typically cruel kind of morality tale, which echoes some Rohmer’s earlier and most popular romantic comedies. The other two tales are less striking but contain some memorable moments, making this a lightweight and fairly accessible Rohmeresque study in male-female relationships. © James Travers 2002 Buy films by Eric Rohmer More about the French New Wave Write a review for this film... |
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