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Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la Plage)
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Directed by Eric Rohmer France 1983 / Drama / Comedy / 95 min / Color / Monaural / Widescreen 1.66:1 / NTSC / In French with Optional English-French and Spanish Subtitles |
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| In the lighthearted third film in
Eric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" series, 15-year-old
Pauline (Amanda Langlet) gets an eye-opening lesson in the games grown-ups
play on a two-week summer vacation with her recently divorced and
ready-for-fun older cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle, every inch the
vivacious blonde goddess). Smitten young Pascal Greggory turns aggressive
with jealousy when the smooth, seductive, happily shallow writer Féodor
Atkine wins the fancy of the "perfect" Marion while continuing
to fool around on the side. The tangled affairs, mistaken identities,
and white lies are the stuff of sex farce, but Rohmer is more interested
in the folly of love and the impulsive, illogical workings of human
nature. He deftly crafts a gentle and sexy little human comedy that
ends with Pauline learning perhaps the right lessons after all.
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