Love in the Afternoon

1972 | 97 minutes | 7.2 ★ (180)

Love in the Afternoon
  • Overview

    The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. 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.

  • Release Date

    01 September 1972

  • DirectingÉric Rohmer
  • Budget

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  • Revenue

    $0.00

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