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“Six Moral Tales” by Éric Romer

1. La Boulangère de Monceau (The Bakery Girl of Monceau) (1963)
2. La Carrière de Suzanne (Suzanne's Career) (1963)
3. Ma nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) (1969)
4. La Collectionneuse (The Collector) (1967)
5. Le Genou de Claire (Claire's Knee) (1970)
6. L'Amour l'après-midi (Love in the Afternoon/Chloe in the Afternoon) (1972)

How It's Used

"'Maud,' it turned out, was the third episode in a series that Mr. Rohmer had titled 'Six Moral Tales,' preceded by two short films and followed by three more features. The series has now been packaged by the Criterion Collection into a single box set, filled with a wealth of extras unusual even for that generous organization. Two books are included: a translation of the short stories Mr. Rohmer wrote to guide his films and a volume of essays that includes Mr. Rohmer’s own apologia, 'For a Talking Cinema.'"

"In 'Alexander the Last,' the project is a local theatre production. A married actress (Jess Weixler) attracted to a good-looking actor she’s working with contemplates an affair with him, only to discover that her sister, with whom she’s very close, is already sleeping with him. The story, in its formal symmetries, suggests one of Éric Rohmer’s narratives of advance and retreat in 'Six Moral Tales.' In the past, people in Swanberg’s movies slept with one another without much consequence—the plots were not fully worked out, and many implications, not to mention relationships, were left hanging."

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Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales

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