Les Films du Losange
Claire's Knee

claire's knee

a film by Eric Rohmerin cinemas on 15 November 1970 1h45

With

Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, Fabrice Luchini

Synopsis

A few weeks before his wedding, Jérôme spends his vacation beside Annecy Lake where he must organise the sale of a family villa. By chance, he runs into Aurora, an old friend from Rumania, who is staying at the house of a mutual acquaintance. Jérôme pays her a visit. Laura, the acquaintance’s strong-minded daughter, is rather attracted to the newcomer. This budding romance provides Aurora, who is a writer, with the subject of her next novel. Jérôme gets caught up in the game and starts seeing Laura regularly. Then Claire, Laura’s elder half sister, arrives on the scene and shakes him up in yet another way. Laura subsequently abandons him for a younger man, and Jérôme’s attraction to Claire becomes an obsession.

Awards

  • Prix Louis-Delluc 1971
  • Prix de la critique américaine 1971

Press

  • Une oeuvre d’une richesse et d’une densité exceptionnelles, qui forcent l’admiration
    Le JDD
  • L’analyse est fine et profonde
    Femmes d’aujourd’hui
  • Le cinéma de Eric Rohmer est la perfection
    Ciné-monde
  • Un très grand film
    L’Humanité
  • Un film enchanteur
    Le monde
  • Une émotion fine et légère, une amusante subtilité
    Le Figaro
  • L’art d’Eric Rohmer est le plus fin qui soit au monde
    Le nouvel observateur

Credits

Screenplay
Eric Rohmer
Cinematography
Nestor Almendros
Editing
Cécile Decugis
Sound
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Produced by
Les Films du Losange
French distribution
Les Films du Losange
International sales
Les Films du Losange

Technical details

Year
1970
Runtime
1h45
Genre
fiction
Nationalities
France
Sound format
Mono
Visa
37233

Film stills8download all (.zip)

Photos