#346: ROHMER, Eric: La Collectionneuse (1967)
SIX MORAL TALES {Spine #342}
La Collectionneuse [1967]
Spine #346
DVD
DVD
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a "collector" of men. Rohmer's first color film, La collectionneuse pushes the Moral Tales into new, darker realms. Yet it is also a grand showcase for the clever and delectably ironic battle-of-the-sexes repartee (in a witty script written by Rohmer and the three main actors) and luscious, effortless Nestor Almendros photography that would define the remainder of the series.
87 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writer
Eric Rohmer was 47 when he wrote and directed La Collectionneuse.
Other Rohmer films in the Collection:
The Film
Other Rohmer films in the Collection:
#343: The Bakery Girl from Monceau (1962)
#344: Suzanne's Career (1963)
#345: My Night at Maud's (1969)
#347: Claire's Knee (1970)
#348: Love in the Afternoon (1972)
#1206a: A Tale of Springtime (1990)
#1206b: A Tale of Winter (1992)
#1206c: A Tale of Summer (1996)
#1206d: A Tale of Autumn (1998)
#344: Suzanne's Career (1963)
#345: My Night at Maud's (1969)
#347: Claire's Knee (1970)
#348: Love in the Afternoon (1972)
#1206a: A Tale of Springtime (1990)
#1206b: A Tale of Winter (1992)
#1206c: A Tale of Summer (1996)
#1206d: A Tale of Autumn (1998)
The Extras
The Booklet
Sixty-page booklet featuring essays by Geoff Andrew, Phillip Lopate, Nestor Almendros, and Rohmer, plus Six Moral Tales, the original stories by Rohmer.
Commentary
None.
Rohmer’s short film
A Modern Coed (1966).
A 1977 episode
A 1977 episode
Of the TVOntario program Parlons cinéma, featuring an interview with Rohmer on La collectionneuse.
Original theatrical trailer
Original theatrical trailer
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