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Full Moon in Paris (1984)

Full Moon in Paris poster
Original title
Les Nuits de la pleine lune
Directed by
Éric Rohmer
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
15A
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 136 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Parisian woman tries to balance a relationship with her live-in boyfriend and visits to a friend in the suburbs. She struggles with the freedom and loneliness of having two homes.

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What happens

Full Moon in Paris (French: Les nuits de la pleine lune, lit. 'Full Moon Nights') is a 1984 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo and Fabrice Luchini. The score is by Elli et Jacno. Full Moon in Paris was the fourth instalment in Rohmer's Comedies and Proverbs series. The story opens with the proverb "Qui a deux femmes perd son âme, qui a deux maisons perd la raison" ("He who has two women loses his soul. He who has two houses loses his mind.") (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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