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ÉRIC ROHMER’S 1980s
December at the Trylon
By the 1980s, Éric Rohmer had moved beyond the French New Wave to become his country’s leading filmmaker through his explorations of yearning and ennui. In these four films, dazed, melancholy adolescents navigate the mazes of their inner lives. All on 35mm!
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THE AVIATOR’S WIFE
(1981, 35mm, 106m, French w/English subtitles) dir Éric Rohmer w/Marie Rivière, Philippe Marlaud, Anne-Laure Meury. A young man trails his girlfriend all over Paris in fear of discovering an affair between her and her ex. This was the first in Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs series. SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:15
BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS
(1987, 35mm, 103m, French w/English subtitles) dir Éric Rohmer w/Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury. Rohmer captures the overlapping emotional crises of a group of friends and lovers. Chaulet and Renoir are radiant. SUN 7:30 MON/TUE 7:00 9:15
FOUR ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE
(1987, 35mm, 99m, French w/English subtitles) dir Éric Rohmer w/Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Philippe Laudenbach. An underseen gem, this film follows two French girls from different walks of life who move in together while they attend university. Rohmer’s clairvoyant camera makes Four Adventures unmissable. SUN 7:15 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00
THE GREEN RAY
(1986, 35mm, 99m, French w/English subtitles) dir Éric Rohmer w/Marie Rivière, María Luisa García, Vincent Gauthier. A woman meditates on fresh heartbreak and independence over the course of a summer. This luxurious, improvisational adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel, sumptuously shot on 16mm film, won Rohmer the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Film Festival. SUN 7:30 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00