Love in the Afternoon
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73% Critic Match

Love in the Afternoon

7.3 / 10 1972 1h 37mNR French
DramaRomance

Storyline

Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.

Cast & Crew

Bernard Verley

Bernard Verley

Frédéric

Lead
Zouzou

Zouzou

Chloé

Françoise Verley

Françoise Verley

Hélène

Daniel Ceccaldi

Daniel Ceccaldi

Gérard

MP

Malvina Penne

Fabienne

EF

Elisabeth Ferrier

Martine

TM

Tina Michelino

The Passenger

Jean-Louis Livi

Jean-Louis Livi

The Colleague

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Éric Rohmer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Love in the Afternoon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker