Storyline

The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. 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.—Will Gilbert

Plot Keywords

female stockinged legs, adultery, fidelity, marriage, female nudity, husband wife relationship, french new wave, pantyhose, black pantyhose, fantasy sequence, waitress, secretary, male female relationship, boutique, desire, paris france, nudity, friendship, temptation, seduction

Short Review

A wonderfully cool and lucid exposition of the twists and turns of its hero's thoughts.

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