Claire's Knee (1970) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Le genou de Claire
Year
1970
Running time
102 min.
Country
France
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Romance. Drama. Comedy | Romantic Drama. Nouvelle vague (New Wave). Teen/coming-of-age
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Synopsis
The 5th of Eric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales". Cultural attache Jerome spends his last holidays as a bachelor at Lake Annecy where he meets Aurora, a romanian writer and old friend. She talks him into a flirt with his landlady's teenage daughter, Laura, but he falls for Laura's half-sister Claire and develops a desire to caress her knee.
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Awards
1971: San Sebastián Film Festival: Golden Shell - Best Film
1971: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Film
1971: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Screenplay
1971: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Picture. 3 nominations
1971: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Foreign Language Film. 2 nominations
1971: French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics): Best Film.
Critics' reviews
- "One of Rohmer's greatest expressions of male-female relationships."
- "Perhaps the director's best-known and best-liked film."
- "The penultimate entry in Eric Rohmer's series of Six Moral Tales, and the loveliest, most crystalline of the lot."
- "The film was rapturously received as a cinematic equivalent to Jane Austen at the time of its original release."
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