Eric Rohmer

My Night at Maud’s

My Night at Maud’s

In My Night at Maud’s, the brilliantly accomplished centerpiece of the Six Moral Tales series, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Jean-Louis, one of the great conflicted figures of 1960s cinema. A Catholic engineer in his early thirties, he lives by a strict moral code and immerses himself in mathematics and the philosophy of Blaise Pascal. After spotting the delicate Françoise at Mass, he vows to make her his wife, although when he spends an unplanned night at the apartment of the bold divorcée Maud, his rigid standards are challenged.

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Film Info

  • France
  • 1969
  • 111 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.37:1
  • French
  • Spine #345

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My Night at Maud’s
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis
Marie-Christine Barrault
Françoise
Françoise Fabian
Maud
Antoine Vitez
Vidal
Credits
Director
Eric Rohmer
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
Pierre Cottrell
Cinematography
Nestor Almendros
Cinematography
Emmanuel Machuel
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Gasché
Cinematography
Philippe Rousselot
Sound
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound
Alain Sempé
Set decoration
Nicole Rachline
Editing
Cécile Decugis
Editing
Christine Lecouvette
Production managers
Alfred de Graaff
Production managers
Pierre Grimberg

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