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Six Moral Tales

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The multifaceted, deeply personal dramatic universe of Eric Rohmer has had an effect on cinema unlike any other. One of the founding critics of the history-making Cahiers du cinéma, Rohmer began translating his written manifestos to film in the sixties, standing apart from his New Wave contemporaries, like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, with his patented brand of gently existential, hyperarticulate character studies set against vivid seasonal landscapes. This near genre unto itself was established with his audacious and wildly influential series “Six Moral Tales.” A succession of jousts between fragile men and the women who tempt them, the “Six Moral Tales” unleashed onto the film world a new voice, one that was at once sexy, philosophical, modern, daring, nonjudgmental, and liberating.


The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Suzanne’s Career (1963)
My Night at Maud’s (1969)
La Collectionneuse (1967)
Claire’s Knee (1970)
Love in the Afternoon (1972)

* New, restored high-definition digital transfers, supervised and approved by director Eric Rohmer
*Exclusive new video conversation between Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder
*Rohmer short films: Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951); Nadja in Paris (1964); A Modern Coed (1966); The Curve (1999); and Véronique and Her Dunce (1958)
*“On Pascal” (1965), an episode of the educational TV series En profil dans le texte directed by Rohmer, on the French philosopher Blaise Pascal, the subject of debate in My Night at Maud’s
*Archival interviews with Rohmer, actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, and Jean-­Louis Trintignant, film critic Jean Douchet, and producer Pierre Cottrell
*Video afterword by filmmaker and writer Neil LaBute
*Original theatrical trailers
*New and improved English subtitle translations
*PLUS: Six Moral Tales, the original stories by Eric Rohmer, and a booklet featuring Rohmer’s landmark essay “For a Talking Cinema,” excerpts from cinematographer Nestor Almendros’s autobiography, and new essays by Geoff Andrew, Ginette Vincendeau, Phillip Lopate, Kent Jones, Molly Haskell, and Armond White

Awards: My Night at Maud's - Academy Awards, USA (1971): Nominated Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced, (1970): Best Foreign Language Film; Cannes Film Festival (1969): Nominated Golden Palm; French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1970): Winner Best Film; National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1971): Winner Best Screenplay, (1970): Winner Best Cinematography; New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1970): Winner Best Screenplay. La Collectionneuse - Berlin International Film Festival (1967): Winner Berlin International Film Festival, Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People, Nominated Golden Berlin Bear. Claire's Knee - French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1972): Winner Best Film; Golden Globes, USA (1972): Nominated Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film; National Board of Review, USA (1972): Winner Best Foreign Language Film; National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1972): Winner Best Film; Prix Louis Delluc (1970): Winner Prix Louis Delluc; San Sebastin International Film Festival (1971): Winner Golden Seashell.
Format DVD
Manufacturer Criterion
Director Rohmer, Eric
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