Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Overview
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 3.56 |
Directed By
Éric Rohmer
Crew
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer
Barbet Schroeder
Pierre Cottrell
Arié Dzierlatka
Néstor Almendros
Cécile Decugis
Nicole Rachline
Daniel Hechter
Karl Moisant
Claude Bertrand
Claudine Guillemin
Lorraine Santoni
Jacques Carrère
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Fernand Coquet
Bernard Prim
Jean-Claude Rivière
Philippe Rousselot
Martine Kalfon
Albert Vasseur
Michel Laurent
TOP CAST
Bernard Verley
Frédéric
Zouzou
Chloé
Françoise Verley
Hélène
Daniel Ceccaldi
Gérard
Malvina Penne
Fabienne
Elisabeth Ferrier
Martine
Tina Michelino
The Passenger
Jean-Louis Livi
The Colleague
Pierre Nunzi
The Salesman
Irène Skobline
The Saleslady
Frédérique Hender
Mme. M.
Claude-Jean Philippe
Mr. M.
Silvia Bădescu
The Female Student
Claude Bertrand
The Male Student
Sylvaine Charlet
The Landlady
Danièle Malat
The Customer
Suze Randall
The Au Pair
Françoise Fabian
Dream Sequence
Marie-Christine Barrault
Dream Sequence
Haydée Politoff
Dream Sequence
Aurora Cornu
Dream Sequence
Laurence de Monaghan
Dream Sequence
Béatrice Romand
Dream Sequence
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