#343: ROHMER, Eric: The Bakery Girl Of Monceau (1962)

SIX MORAL TALES {Spine #342}

ROHMER, Eric (France)
The Bakery Girl Of Monceau [1962]
Spine #343
DVD


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 she truly interested, or is she just a sweet diversion?

23 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writer


The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Sixty-page booklet featuring essays by Geoff Andrew, Ginette Vincendeau, and Rohmer, plus Six Moral Tales, the original stories by Rohmer.

Commentary

None.

Rohmer’s Short film

Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951).

Moral Tales, Filmic Issues

A video conversation between Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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