Love in the Afternoon

Year: 1972

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: French

Director: Éric Rohmer

RomanceDramaMoving relationship storiesCaptivating relationships and charming romancePassion and romance

Frederic leads a life as a partner in a Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting their second child. He daydreams about other women in the afternoons but never acts. When Chloe, an old friend’s lover, begins visiting his office, their afternoons become intimate and she tries to seduce him, forcing Frederic a moral dilemma.

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