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Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II French New Wave directors to become
Rohmer's first "hit" was My Night at Maud's (1969), which was nominated for two Oscars and won several international awards. It continues to be his best-known work.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Eric Rohmer, French motion-picture director and writer who was noted for his sensitively observed studies of romantic passion. Rohmer, who was considered to be part of the New Wave, was most celebrated for his three film series: the Moral Tales, the Comedies and Proverbs, and Tales of the Four Seasons.
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Mar 24, 2021 · By Richard Brody. March 24, 2021. Éric Rohmer’s “A Tale of Summer,” from 1996, is the third film in the director’s tetralogy “Tales of the Four Seasons” and the only one with a male ...
Mar 20, 2020 · Photograph from Alamy. This Saturday, March 21st, is a centenary of Éric Rohmer, one of the few filmmakers in the history of the art whose movies are a genre unto themselves. Today, whenever a...
Rohmer's first "hit" was My Night at Maud's (1969), which was nominated for two Oscars and won several international awards. It continues to be his best-known work. In it, on the eve of a proclaiming his love to Francoise, his future wife, the narrator spends a night with a pretty divorcée named Maud.
