My Night at Maud's (1969)

Original title

Ma nuit chez Maud

Directed by

Éric Rohmer

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 359 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who is a Catholic meets a woman who is an atheist and they talk about Blaise Pascal and love. The film follows chance encounters between four single people over Christmas in Clermont-Ferrand.

intimatetalkativephilosophicalcontemplativeslow-burnrestrainedsubtlereflective

What happens

My Night at Maud's (French: Ma nuit chez Maud), also known as My Night with Maud (UK), is a 1969 French New Wave drama film by Éric Rohmer. It is the third film (fourth in order of release) in his series of Six Moral Tales. Over the Christmas break in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, the film shows chance meetings and conversations between four single people, each knowing one of the other three. One man and one woman are Catholics, while the other man and woman are atheists. The discussions and actions of the four continually refer to the thoughts of Blaise Pascal (who was born in Clermont-Ferrand) on mathematics, on ethics, and on human existence. They also talk about a topic the bachelor Pascal did not cover – love between men and women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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