Eric Rohmer

La collectionneuse

La collectionneuse

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men. Eric Rohmer’s first color film, La collectionneuse pushes Six Moral Tales into new, darker realms while showcasing the clever, delectably ironic battle-of-the-sexes repartee (in a script written by Rohmer and the three main actors) and effortlessly luscious Nestor Almendros photography that would define the remainder of the series.

Film Info

  • France
  • 1967
  • 86 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.37:1
  • French
  • Spine #346

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Six Moral Tales

Six Moral Tales

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$79.96

La collectionneuse
Cast
Haydée Politoff
Haydée
Patrick Bauchau
Adrien
Daniel Pommereulle
Daniel
Alain Jouffroy
Writer
Mijanou
Carole
Annik Morice
Carole's friend
Denis Berry
Charlie
Seymour Hertzberg
Sam
Credits
Director
Eric Rohmer
Producer
Georges de Beauregard
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
Cinematography
Nestor Almendros
Music
Blossom Toes
Music
Giorgio Gomelsky
Editing
Jacquie Raynal
Associate producer
Alfred de Graaff

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