Claire's Knee

Claire's Knee
Claire's Knee

DVD cover
Directed by Éric Rohmer
Produced by Pierre Cottrell
Barbet Schroeder
Written by Éric Rohmer
Starring Jean-Claude Brialy
Aurora Cornu
Béatrice Romand
Laurence de Monaghan
Cinematography Néstor Almendros
Editing by Cécile Decugis
Release date(s) February 21, 1971
(U.S. release)
Running time 105 minutes
Language French

Claire's Knee (French: Le genou de Claire) is a 1970 film by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the Six Moral Tales.

Contents

Plot

On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat accidentally meets an old acquaintance, perhaps a former lover. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.

Cast

Reception

The film received the Louis Delluc prize as best French film of the year.

References

External links

v · d · eFilms by Éric Rohmer
1950s
1960s
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) · Suzanne's Career (1963) · Paris vu par (segment "Place de l'Étoile") (1965) · La Collectionneuse (1967) · My Night at Maud's (1969)
1970s
Claire's Knee (1970) · Love in the Afternoon (1972) · L'enfance d'une ville (1975) · The Marquise of O (1976) · Perceval le Gallois (1978)
1980s
1990s
2000s
Shorts
Véronique et son cancre (1958) · The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) · Les métamorphoses du paysage : l'ère industrielle (1964) · Les cabinets de physique : la vie de société au 18e siècle (1964) · Les caractères de La Bruyère (1965) · Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe (1965) · Entretien sur Pascal (1965) · Victor Hugo architecte (1969)
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