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The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Criterion Collection)

 

  Directed by Eric Rohmer

France 1963 / Drama  / Romance / 23 min / Black & White  /  Monaural / Aspect Ratio of 1.33:1 / NTSC /  In  French with Optional English Subtitles

Barbet Schroeder, Michéle Girardon, Bertrand Tavernier, Claudine Soubrier, Fred Junk.

Simple, delicate, and jazzy, the first of the Moral Tales shows the stirrings of what would become the Eric Rohmer style: unfussy naturalistic shooting, ironic first-person voice-over, and the image of the “unknowable” woman. A law student (played by producer and future director Barbet Schroeder) with a roving eye and a large appetite stuffs himself full of sugar cookies and pastries daily in order to garner the attentions of the pretty brunette who works in a quaint Paris bakery. But is he truly interested, or is she just a sweet diversion?

 

 
       

Bonus Features:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Eric Rohmer
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues, a new video conversation with Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder
Rohmer’s short film Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951)
New and improved English subtitle translation