The bakery girl of Monceau.

Simple, delicate, and jazzy, the first of the Moral tales shows the stirrings of what would become the Eric Rohmer style: unfussy naturalistic shooting, ironic first-person voice-over, and the image of the unknowable woman. A law student (played by producer and future director Barbet Schroeder) with...

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Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Schroeder, Barbet (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:French
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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Summary:Simple, delicate, and jazzy, the first of the Moral tales shows the stirrings of what would become the Eric Rohmer style: unfussy naturalistic shooting, ironic first-person voice-over, and the image of the unknowable woman. A law student (played by producer and future director Barbet Schroeder) with a roving eye and a large appetite stuffs himself full of sugar cookies and pastries daily in order to garner the attentions of the pretty brunette who works in a quaint Paris bakery. But is he truly interested, or is she just a sweet diversion?
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 23 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.