[3], It was Rohmer's first successful film both commercially and critically. Ma nuit chez Maud followed, and the series concluded with Le Genou de Claire (1970) and L'Amour l'après-midi (1972). Very quiet, precise, deliberate, incredible ambience. To rate, slide your finger across the stars from left to right. Initially hurt, Maud gets over the rejection and invites him to join her later for a walk in the snow with friends. Vidal has plans to visit a friend the following evening and invites Jean-Louis to accompany him.

AKA: My Night with Maud, My Night with Maud Six Moral Tales III: My Night at Maud's, Six Moral Tales III: My Night at Maud's, Ma nuit chez Maud.

Likewise, don't respond to trollish comments; just report them and ignore them. Ma nuit chez Maud [My Night at Maud's] is routinely noted as the third in Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales but the fourth made and released. I'm pretty sure Rohmer knew that. Don't get in arguments with people here, or start long discussions. MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD / MY NIGHT WITH MAUD / MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S - movie information from CITWF, the free on-line movie database covering over 507,364 movies from 175 countries Jean de Baroncelli of Le Monde wrote that "It is a work that demands from the viewer a minimum of attention and complicity. The three talk and drink, until Maud suggests that falling snow has made the drive to Jean-Louis' mountain village unsafe and he should stay. Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on RYM. Jean-Louis, a solitary and serious engineer, has taken a job in Clermont-Ferrand where he knows nobody. This is absolutely, unquestionably not my type of movie. Try another. Claude Garson of L'Aurore said that "We do not underestimate the ambition of such a work, but we say right away that film, with its own laws, does not lend itself to such a subject. They arrive at the flat of Maud, a paediatrician who is recently divorced. By the way, Blaise Pascal was quite an interesting being. Vidal is an atheist and Marxist who has less rigid ideas about love and marriage, and their chat allows Rohmer to explore various ideas relating to life, relationships and our place in the world before (or perhaps in the absence of) God.? The discussions and actions of the four continually refer to the thoughts of Blaise Pascal on mathematics, on ethics and on human existence. Eric Rohmer’s 1969 work, a decade into his slow mutation from Cahiers critic to director, made his name outside of France and preceded such enduring works as ‘Pauline at the Beach’ and ‘The Green Ray’. Made me want to spontaneously attend a catholic mass. Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Review Home movies JL Trintignant (archive), "French filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies at 89", "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners", "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Night_at_Maud%27s&oldid=969067527, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique, This page was last edited on 23 July 2020, at 05:59. When the film was released in France in 1969, it received mixed reviews. He offers to give her a ride home and learns that she's a biology postgraduate. But, as ever, Rohmer gives us a playful slice of life which has the effortless air of reality and challenges us to think about life afresh. Your 25 favorite leading actress performances? Filmer le doute philosophique était aussi osé en 1969 qu’il le serait aujourd’hui. Si Rohmer n’existait pas, alors tout, ou presque, serait perdu. o; Cinema In fact, I find this distinction rather slippery. Director: Eric Rohmer. The extremely long takes, the squared up camera angles, the almost-impossibly precise language, the serious and lengthy weaving of intellectual concerns into everyday conversation (Woody Allen would do well to replace Bergman with Rohmer for his guiding muse), the absolute refusal to tell the audience what to think via soundtrack. Déjà vu! Jean Rochereau of La Croix called it "A masterpiece ... whose superb insolence toward everyone excites me and fills me." Yet this is, in our view, worth the price. Time Out is a registered trademark of Time Out Digital Limited. Vidal, who had hoped to stay, leaves. The same can be said of Françoise, the blonde, who re-enters the film and Jean-Louis’s life: she’s more than she appears. Don't post randomness/off-topic comments. One man and one woman are Catholics, while the other man and woman are atheists. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Movies that are filled with intellectual dialogue? Find Ma Nuit chez Maude - My Night at Maud’s schedule, reviews and photos. [4] James Monaco said that "Here, for the first time the focus is clearly set on the ethical and existential question of choice.
Don't comment just to troll/provoke. Thanks for subscribing! The first 20 minutes are among my favorite openings to a film, ever. Its more or less a philosophical movie that explores relationships, cheating, love, and faithfulness. Henry Chapier of Combat called it "a bit stiff and intellectual". She says she has remarried, but it is not a success. In the brilliantly accomplished centerpiece of Rohmer’s “Moral Tales” series, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Jean-Louis, one of the great conflicted figures of sixties cinema. On the walk with Maud he is much more forward with her, to the point where she has to restrain him. [8] It won the 1969 Prix Méliès. Use the boards for extended discussion. Your 2013 in film – Post your favorites of the movies you DISCOVERED last year, Top 100 Films as Voted by RYMers [2013 Edition], Top Films of the 1960s as voted for by RYM. Buy Ma Nuit chez Maude - My Night at Maud’s tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Horribly pretentious as well. In the morning he resists her advances to make love. He eventually does, keeping his clothes on. 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 …