Claire's Knee
d. Eric Rohmer, 1970
Not quite as amazing as My Night at Maud's (1969), but I guess it doesn't have to be. This time around the "hero" of the story is Jerome, a 35-year-old who spends the summer at the villa where he grew up; his old friend Aurora, a writer, is also spending the summer there. Aurora convinces him to flirt with her landlady's daughter, Laura. Jerome goes along with the experiment for a while, until he discovers Laura's step-sister Claire (whose knee gives the film its title). Anywho, the two films I've seen by Rohmer have clearly won me over, but I still don't really know what to make of them, but I guess that's not too important. Claire's Knee is pretty amazing and all, but I just have to ask: Do people really live this? Because that is just too cool.
