Laurence de Monaghan Movies

In this very low-key film, 20-year-old Thomas discovers that he is not a particularly nice fellow and has no special reason to like himself. His inquisitiveness is at least in part responsible for his parents' divorce, as he discovered the cache of love-letters which proved that his mother had an extramarital liaison. He also cannot decide between his working-class girlfriend and an upper-class girl. Matters are taken out of his hands when the upper-class girl's father intervenes, and he is separated from the other girl when he goes to college. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Eric Rohmer ends his cycle of "Six Moral Tales" with this delightful film starring Bernard Verley as Frederic, a happily married man who discovers that he can't stop looking at beautiful women. As he says in a voiceover, "I feel marriage closes me in, cloisters me, and I want to escape." His escape comes to him in the form of Chloe (Zouzou), a woman from his past. Chloe had left for America as a successful model but has now returned to Paris, bored with her life and saddled with a man she doesn't love. Although Frederic is reluctant to see her at first, they agree to meet in the afternoons -- just to talk. He feels a freedom with her that he doesn't experience with anyone else because they have, he thinks, no commitments to each other. So, they talk of their problems and their relationships and, before long, Frederic finds that he is becoming increasingly attracted to her. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide